CAT power and dependability

It may well be, but we have Sterlings and Fords in our fleet and they look almost identical... These two pics illustrate that...
Havent seen a Chrysler logo on one yet

 

I don't know when chrysler bought them from ford. but i do know that i have never seen a mercedes benz engine in a ford.
Sterling and western star are divisones of freightliner who's parent company is chrysler.

 

The parent company is Daimler Chrysler. ,which is part of Mercedez Benz. Everyone has their preference when it comes to engines. I used to love Cat until I tried a Detroit. And I"ve recently driven a newer W-900 with a ISX Cummins and was really impressed with it. In the end it all comes down to maintanance and how the driver operates the darn thing.

 

Daimler chrysler is no more, daimler sold 80% of chrysler to cerberus capitol management , a investor groupfor $650 billion. Daimler still has about 20% control

My moms parents both retired from chrysler. Between the two of them they had about 3000 shares.
When my grandad passed my grandmother split the stocks up between their grandchildren I got about 600 shares. My sister sold about half of hers a year ago when it was trading at $64. But it acctualy went up about six to seven months before the buyout. The last time i checked it was at $95 a share In october it hit $110 She got bad advise, luckly for my other sister and i we did not head her advice. Yes she fired her advisor. ther is nothing like an $18,000 hit to make you reavaulate the people you put in charge of your portfolio.

 

Daimler Benz Was the parent company till they sold chrysler off to magna. Dont ever beleave chrysler was in charge off anything but chrysler jeep

 

That is the half truth, turbos need very little oil, and to much oil psi will push the seals out of the turbos. They really on gravity and free flow, thats why there are oil restrictors built in to all oil feed lines..... I agree the bridge motors get terrible millage untill the mufflers are removed, but as far as power goes, some run great and some run like crap. Guys who run bridge motors look for older C-15 ECM's like a 6NZ and watch the engine turn around and go from 4mpg to 5.5-6mpg.

 

I have a bridge in a 04 W-9 at 475. A pig on fuel, 4-4.5 is good. The ecm has to be adjusted for strait pipe, cant use power harness on them and you can only turn it up to 525. right on just finding pre bidge ecm. I hate that Cat treats you like your borrowing there engine.

 

No it does not need to be adjusted for straight pipes, i know my engine use to be a bridge. I dumped the mufflers on mine and its a whole different motor, get the ecm and it will run like a old 550 kitty kat. Also you can use the fuel temp wire but not the boost because if the motor sees more than 30psi boost it de-rates itself. I use to get 3.9mpg then i got the harness and got 4.4 or so. With no mufflers i was getting 5.2 so far. With the ecm im hoping for 5.5+ plus other goodies im throwing on. If your interested i have a 6NZ C15 CAT 550hp ecm.

By the way my 525hp bridge made 517hp on the dyno in stock form, it pulls good and out pulled my old mans pete with a 1LW 550hp 3406E easy.... Only difference between the bridge and old C15 is the timing is retarded to #####, has cats in the mufflers (all 03+ trucks do), and the compression ratio is 16.6:1 vs the older C15 16:1. Your water temps will even run cooler once you upgrade to the 6NZ ecm do the the timing advance on the older cats wich will give alot cooler exhaust temps and cylinder temps.

 

I would like to know what kind of resistor is inside those harness's. I know someone who tried the 2.2k ohm but it didnt work. I sucks to drop 100 bucks on 10 worth of parts. My compadres at work keep telling me to buy it and check it with a meter so we can make more, but I see no green back. been trying to wash and rub the winter of the poor whopper now the weather is getting better.

 

I have a friend who makes these, there is more to making them then a resistor from what i understand.