Truck engine and tran selection?s

Well maybe they improved on them, i know they used to be a nightmare back in the early 90s.

 

Biggest problem with the brake savers is they put allot of heat into the oil. At least that's what I hear from the old timers I never have even seen one in person

 

i have drivin a few old trucks with the brakesaver....the old ones leaked like a sive, never really heated up the oil though

course they would barely slow ya down empty too

fer the kind of runnin yer talking about 2hellandback, i would go a min of 475hp, 13, 15 or 18 is really up to how much you wanna shift....but the 18 would prolly be better for the getty-up-go grunt yer likely to need....taller rears wouldnt hurt to much either for gettin goin grunt

sounds like yer thinkin of doin a gig kinda like one i looked into a fer years ago....hualin mine stuff in double pn tanks...looked like a good gig

 

People dont release and reapply enough,in the old days the radiators were never big enough.
My oil never gets above 240*F on a hot day going down a big grade I also have a 1500 sq inch radiator,that helps.

 

####, ive never seen a CAT get up past 200*F oil temps here.

 

Mine runs all day at 220*F

 

Thats could be why you never see a C15/16 do any more than 500,000 miles before it needs a rebuild over here.

 

Even the acerts dont run that hot here, mine will run 150*F on a cruise and the MOST it will get to is 200*F on a hot day running the hills, then once i coast down them it cools back off to 150-160*F.

Sure them WS gauges are accurate?

 

Starting to wonder

 

Personally, I would run 550 cat or larger, 18 speed, 3.90 or even 4.10 if lots of good grades, I know fuel can be a concern, but when you up horsepower and lower rear end gears such as 3.58's something is going to give later down the road. Sometimes a heavy haul program installed in the ECU will actually give you more balls on the hills and even save you some fuel.

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