Your dream engine?

Oh yeah. I love me some of those videos and since my father-in-law is in the Commemorative Airforce i’ve been lucky enough to be around a couple. BUT! They STILL are not in my garage. Lol!

 

I’m not sure if it’s ever been done (Australia maybe?) How about a Cummins QSX19 in a class 8 truck?

 

Probably not in a regular on-highway truck but I think they put those in off-road big-big trucks like prime mover size stuff. Probably the radiator size would be an issue with normal sized truck engine bays. I think some guys have swapped Cat C18s into glider frames though. I think it's physically the same size engine as a C15/16 just bored and stroked.

 

1,200 hp v8 Cat. Should be able to fit between the rails




This same place showed me a generator powered by a 740 hp Detroit 14 litre. 740 hp from factory.

 

I just found a YouTube video of a road train Kenworth with a QSK 19. Advertised at 605hp and only 2000 lb torque. Must be derated.
C-18 engines are basically identical to truck C-15 engines on the outside. You can put truck accessories on a C-18 and if you’re non the wiser….. you have to pull the head or oil pan to identify it as a C-18.
C-18 use the same block and head as a C-15…the connecting rods are the same as an ACERT truck engine (as well as rod bearings). The crank, pistons and liners are the only major components exclusive to the C-18.

 

I'm a 60 Series fanboy. My first job from high school was the local Freightliner dealer. Lot's of knowledge earned those first years. 26 years later I decide to get into trucking. Not sure if everyone has been passed by my old Volvo, but we're putting 500+ to the ground with a wore out 11.1, so we'll see ya in the rear view at some point.

 

Im surprised no one’s said it.


I’ll take the the Warp drives off the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-D

 

That you Jack?

 

###### Jim, I'm a doctor, not a truck driver!