Signature 600

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by CaterpillarWrench, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. wallbanger

    wallbanger "Enemy of showers everywhere"

    I think Sportster is a Cummins Insider ;)

    He could be a tough nut to crack... JK.

    Would be cool to see some big HP Cummins talk, other than those souped up BCs and NTCs that Diesel Injection of Pgh has built.
     
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  3. CaterpillarWrench

    CaterpillarWrench Light Load Member

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    Ohhhhh,a Cummins insider,huh?That opens up all kinds of possibilites.:biggrin_255:Why don't they make their engines a little more tunable,that would make em worth a lot more,look at the Cats,everybody wants one and they're not even making em anymore.:biggrin_25516:
     
  4. CaterpillarWrench

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    Timing is controlled by volume of fuel?So,if you increase fuel volume the timing changes?
     
  5. underpsi

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    I think maybe he means pressure. Like a common rail or something
     
  6. Sportster2000

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    The Industrial group had/has the 685 hp rating. The 788hp rating was to see what would fail at that horsepower. I think that engine ran just over one year straight 24/7 at 1800 rpm before something failed.

    The 650hp cal should be available at any distributorship if you can get them to load it onto a truck. That is a big if because it is meant for the high dollar RVs which do not meet emissions. So if you could sweet talk someone at a distributorship you might, big might, be able to get it.

    They do not let me have access to computers to change all this stuff. I guess that they are afraid I might give myself to much power in the truck.

    I was swapping stories with a fellow employee and he was telling me that before the Sig was introduced they had feild test units running in CO. These trucks were in a fuel hauling fleet. When they were testing them they would tune them a little on the hot side. He told me that they were running up the hill west bound on I-70 coming out of denver at 60 mph loaded. He was telling me this as I was running up that same hill at a measley 34mph.
     
  7. Les2

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    About how much HP do you figure they were putting out to climb that hill that fast?
     
  8. CaterpillarWrench

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    The 788hp rating,thats the one I'm after.Something that GOES.Can you get bigger injectors for a Sig 600,or do I need to get them punched out?
     
  9. Sportster2000

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    I honestly have no idea at all.

    I was able to drive the 685hp truck. It was a nice pete 379. That truck was what I actually learned to drive with. When you went from low range to high range and gave it to much throttle you could break the tires lose with a loaded trailer behing you. The 788hp has never made it into a truck. The highest rating that I know of in a truck that we have right now is 650hp.

    I really don't know about the injectors on the Sig. I can not get them if they are avaliable.

    I really don't get to "play" with these trucks as far as making more power. I change what I am told to and modify bolt on parts for the cause of the every vauleable data.
     
  10. CaterpillarWrench

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    Tell em to start making a boat engine so we have some good parts to swap around:evil4:
     
  11. Sportster2000

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    CaterpillarWrench and wallbanger Thank this.
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