Fitzgerald 60 series Detroit 12.7

first of all I own a fitzgerald glider getting repairs done on the road is not a issue these motors have been around for over 20 years every one has parts and they are very easy to work on. But they do not break down might be a freak thing but not every day. For some reason there are people on this forum that want you believe Fitzgerald's 12.7 is a poorly built engine but they do not own one just make statements. Again you can get a reman Detroit 12.7 from Clarke or a in house 12.7 from Fitzgerald's it is your choice when you order your truck. Just got 8.1 mpg last tank driving 62 and 78990 in a tanker no epa stuff to repair no DEF you make the choice.

 

$1000 reward for info to catch someone who stole 10 wheels/tires from Fitz. They put an ad on the local radio station last week; I heard it.

Off topic but still a Fitz tidbit of news.

 

The 12.7 470 detroit has always been my favorite motor, never been a cat fan.

 

First I thought they only offer only with Detroit, so they I'm good with CAT. I would to have a Coronado with 6nz cat.

 

I can't see the government not getting involved with the gliders and emissions. There is too much money on the table and too many opportunities to make bad decisions here. If uncle scam decides to adopt the carb standards nationwide, the law suits go away, a boat load of tax revenue is generated off the sale of all those new trucks that will have to be bought to replace the gliders and non carb compliant trucks, and somewhere somebody will get hooked up with a sweet contract to take all the non-emissions trucks and export them to some third world country, and I bet uncle scams hands will be involved in that deal too. I remember seeing a t2000 years ago that was heavily modified, I think it was built with current technology, extreme aerodynamics, and if I'm correct it got over thirteen miles per gallon. I beleive no tax payer money was spent on the project either. It just seems every time we as a country discuss emissions or fuel economy the only thing ever guaranteed is we will try to make it expensive as possible, with little regard for actual results.

Adam

 

I sold my '92 KW T-600 Aerodyne with 1,200,000 on it and it was still getting 7mpg with the original injectors at an avg speed of 68. Never did anything to the engine. Not even a bull gear - just ran the overheads. Now I've got a '97 T6 with 1,600,000 plus (had the top end done before I bought it) and I can get 9 mpg if I behave myself. The Detroits can take more abuse than the CATs too. I once was running up Fancy Gap at night and didn't see my water temp gauge peg until I started smelling coolant (had all my codes cancelled due to false codes bothering me) and was able to get that truck up and running after a few hours of letting it sit and pouring in water gradually. A CAT would have blown a head gasket or much worse. All my buddies that have CATS seem to always be pumping big money into their yellow motors for head gaskets mostly and other problems. I never had that problem. Only engine I had a big problem with was the 290 Cummins blowing a head gasket in 1980 out in CA.

 

russtrucker, what color blue is your T-600? I'm getting a new hood and full paint job on mine this week. It's black and I thought of painting it Speedway Blue but it's metallic and costs, with everything, almost $3000 just for the paint. I think I'll just paint it white (Sherwin Williams Genesis) and put some fancy graphics on it. I'm done with black - too darned hot in the summer.

 

Get that ECM tuned. My MBN is getting close to 7.1mpg average with a 6NZ tune from my Bully Dog programmer.

 

What programmer, Bully Dog GT? And how much will it cost to get 6nz files into mbn ecm. Will there be problem with 6nz files in mbn ecm?

 

We will pray for you. Hopefully you will see the light.