Scania v8 730hp

interesting , only 3348

but some things are not clear to me , how 108t payload and 150t gross if 9t per axle?

in my opinion it is better to chose 5.33 or 4.833 ratio than 5.143 it have stronger hubs (4:1 instead of 3.429)

 

all mercedes hl7 are robust , those 5.143 are here mainly used for all wheel drive trucks , they are 27/18 since you are long in trucking you maybe remember that number?

other version of 27/18 now is 6

 

http://www.specialinterior.com/nl/fotoalbum/viewalbum/267/trucks/sth-van-den-bulcke-fr



i wonder why they always have to ruin everything with that gypsy inox

 

not necessary , it really depends how do you drive them

under heavy conditions v8 can get better fuel economy than scania inline 6 engines,

but even on medium difficult highway with 88000lbs 85mille in one direction climbing 2300feet height difference and in other direction 1800feet (steepest hills are 6% 4milles and 8% 2.5-3mille)


on other way if you push it too much it can use plenty of fuel , my neighbour drive 580 v8 with 900 000milles and he get 38L/100km -6.15mpg he drive catwalk profiles for car carrier manufacturer kaessbohrer , he mostly have 5-10ton of load so gross 42-53k lbs and sometimes return steel as raw material

but he push her pretty much overtake other trucks drive without speed limit....

some month and half my friend was driving latest euro6 r580 v8(scania claim it have performances of current 620) and he says it goes like dead cat in eco mode , only in power mode it is real v8 with power and sound (it come with up to 3different modes , eco-to save fuel , normal-good compromise between fuel economy and performances, power-performances with quick gearchanges and offroad-soft response and wider engine band less clutch used....)

 

it is 490now , but 480is not bad , in normal conditions it get about 1L better than 500

you probably mean about 480e4? i ask because there is plenty of them in your market and in other baltic contries and poland? 470 e4 is even worst

it is bad , e5 is good but is too complicated so here operators mostly opt for scr version with pde and fixed turbo also they need eev because of tolls

what i see as problem with egr e5 480, it have pretty narrow usable engine rev when you get above 1400rpm it start to use more fuel than scr

worst ever was 440 e3 with 4nox it was sold only in our region-on markets related to austria and later in brazil