Scania v8 730hp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKoT4u2MlN8

 

Scania has been present in America from 1986 to 1993

These were the trucks series 2 and 3

there was not too much success..
A total of 700 trucks sold

were offered p r i t cab

( p low mounted coe , r high mounted coe t-bounted )


g cab was not offered.....



Scania has had bad service network

Dealers were mostly over a mack


most of the truck was on the east.....

most of them were 112 333 or 363 hp ( 11L 6inline engine)


American laws of ecology are not allowed to use scania v8 engine

( 388 404 420/430 and 453hp)


Scania is offered only own components ( engines gearboxes axles suspension) and American customers are not accustomed to this


Transmissions were synchronized.....



still cabins were small for American long line transports


series 2 6x4 trucks were offered with only spring suspension


longest ratio differential for 6x4 truck was rb662 + r663 3.4:1

6x2 =r770 3.25 3.5 3.89 4.25 ......


strangest part of the story is that the mack offered some scania engines
under his own name (di8, dsc11, dsc14 v8 )








data from 1990 indicates that it is about 20,000 engines a year

on forum hanktruck pictures

one member gives the exact model of the engine as it is a mack name


engines were not identical to scanias there were some differences in the cylinder head ( scania v8 has 8 head covers)

http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/truck_brochures/scania/scania_2_series_us_spec/ -scania us brochure from 1987

some pictures : http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/references_ideas/truck_details/scania/us-scania/


Scania has used special labels for these vehicles

f. e. r112mu 6x4 LC 31 KKS

R= cab (p R t in us) 112 means 11L engine 2generation of trucks M= medium duty ( h = heawy duty E= extra heawy dut -i think this was not

available in us ( they come only with hub reduction axles which was not offered in us)

U= truck special adapted for united states
(european letters says a= tractor,b= chasis adapted for bogie distance of 1515mm
C= australia adapted truck
D= g cab truck adapted for extra low step end short rear overhang
K= truck adapted for high groung clearance ( tippers)
L= chassic without any special modifications)

6x4 is drive formula

LC= left hand drive ( also r= rhd)
C= type of engine C= turbo+intercooler S= super= turbo N = natural aspirited engine


31= wheelbase in dm =310cm =122inch)
KKS
first K = front suspension = multi leaf P= parabolic
secound k= rear suspension
B= bogie balanced leaf suspension


if I remember well on some trucks from the Netherlands used the letters ZZ suspension with multi-leaf

S=chassis with breake system adapted for tractor
L = for drawnbar trailer

Us truck were diferent in fuel tank electrosystem, exhaust system,direction indicators



Here are some pictures of most of them with Hank truck picture forum:




However, among these pictures has a 142 / 143 V8 trucks

first picture is from book : Die fahrzeuge von scania ( Bjorn Eric Lindh 1991)

 

Scania in other Latin American countries offer only Highline

as Scania in Mexico has its own plant facilities independent of Argentina and Brazil, it is possible that there are some differences between the trucks

but anyway i doubt that they offer topline