Upgrade or Rebuild?

kinda depends on your life style too ...if your a road warrier that doesent mind living in a truck id buy a new one ...if you have a homelife and and a fam id rebuild the c 15 and bank some cash .
id rather have a new truck but i like bein home weekends and only running 2 states as well as no pressure from my boss so my old 96 379 is my tradeoff .

 

I make the lease payment on a new truck. I have no intention of ever owning the truck. I pay a mileage rate that covers all maintenance on the truck, including tires, etc. If the truck breaks down, they provide a sub-truck to me at no cost so I can keep running. I enjoy the comfort and features of a New truck plus excellent fuel mileage. I make a really good living and don't have a care in the world regarding the "what if" my truck breaks down. To each their own, however, that's just how I personally roll.

 

In short this sums up what you could end up with, on top of your new truck payments.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...r/270367-emmisions-who-hates-i-need-help.html

 

PM sent....

 

Good idea on the PP power. I'd also look into having it microblued when you get it rebuilt.

 

microblued ?

 

A controvercial treathment bearings.
Some swear by it whileothers have made their own study and saw no improvements.

If you do a search here on TTR,you will find a long thread about it.

 

Cetane,sorry but that link has no real info.
All the OP says is that he cannot run it like his old truck.
Well here's a newsflash you might have missed:"Newer engines are not made to run like older iron"
Revs,torque and hp are very different.

If he runs his '14 Shaker like a old truck..................i would expect him to get the lousiest fuelmileage.

Here's a link with details done by a "old hand".
He gives a good account off the changes he had to make.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ner/266220-2015-cascadia-otr-performance.html