Cummins vs. Cat

My cummins signature has been giving me such grief, and issues out of nowhere..

i wish i kept my truck with the kitty.

 

It doesn't matter what any of us own. Someone will always have some bad luck with it!

I've had some bad luck with my Cat, Agent has had some bad luck with his Cummins and someone somewhere is having bad luck with their Detroit!

 

cummins kta 600 real beast!!!

 

I liked this engine but it did have its issues, the blocks wouldnt last. They liked to warp themselves beyond use after 2-3 inframes, it lasted around 400-500k miles.

Still the badest pulling engine around.

 

You ain't gonna believe this but I read somewhere about a guy who has over a million miles on a KT600 putting out (I think) 1000hp.

I know where one is setting in a 359 long hood pete but like you said the block is no good.

 

company I work for has all Cat motors.......does all local work, 30,000hrs before rebuild on many, 850,000 on our highway truck haulin heavy

 

While this is 100% true, i have found the % of eople having issues with a properly maintained cat are lower...

 

Nothing pulls in my driveway unless its YELLOW. Or says POWER STROKE!

 

yeah i had bad luck with my Detroit, after 1.5 million miles the head gasket finally went, so i let the company mechanic work on it, that was the bad luck. moron put the gasket on upside down, used the old bolts and did not torque them down correctly

 

what ya running, a 250 or 350?