That was the XEC engine. the MX head bolts go directly into the block.
that is not correct. the US is NOT testing in Europe.
2013 is the next big EPA hurdle for the US market
In NA most of the EPA crap is driven from the CARB tree huggers.
Jeeze i hope they don't say they are the same as CAT! Have you heard of the warranty and failures the last CAT engines have seen here in NA???...
injection pressures are in the 2000+ bar range. the UPEC engine as you refer to it was called the XEC it was a completely different engine. some...
Oh and one more for the record. the MX is now being built in the PACCAR Engine factory in Mississippi.
PACCAR is in no way lying about anything. Paccar is the Parent company of DAF. since the engine is to be sold all over the world, as are Peterbilt...
if you look at the MX, CAT and Cummins you will see they are completly different. the MX was built from the ground up in house. some bolt on parts...
Under a confidentiality agreement with the testing customers the engines have been being tested on NA highways since 2004. at one point there were...