California EGR?
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California EGR?
Goin to look at a 96 3500 that was bought in california so i assume it has the egr. It is a 5spd manual if that makes any difference. Does this still have the 215hp p7100 pump?
Anything else i need to watch out for?
thanks, Sean
Anything else i need to watch out for?
thanks, Sean
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Nope. If it has the California (CARB) emissions package with the EGR valve, then it has the 180hp pump, regardless of weather its an auto or manual trans. Actually I was even told that this California version of the 180 pump is not as good as the other 180 pumps used on Federal trucks. You know what the EGR stuff looks like right? Its a big tube that runs across the valve covers from the intake to the exhaust manifolds.
So if you want the 215 pump you need a 96-98, Federal, 5-Speed truck.
So if you want the 215 pump you need a 96-98, Federal, 5-Speed truck.
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"Actually I was even told that this California version of the 180 pump is not as good as the other 180 pumps used on Federal trucks."
I don't want to hijack the thread, but can you buy and intall a 215 hp pump when and if the flabby 180 from a california truck wears out? Assuming (hypothetically of course) that the egr stuff has loong since been torn off and pitched?
I don't want to hijack the thread, but can you buy and intall a 215 hp pump when and if the flabby 180 from a california truck wears out? Assuming (hypothetically of course) that the egr stuff has loong since been torn off and pitched?
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I talked with Mark at PDR, and he said for about $800 he can take a California 180 pump and "tune it up" to about 300-400hp. That seems to be the cheaper alternative.
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You can have all the fun you want. My truck has the 180 pump. I replaced the exhaust manifold with a 3-piece, and the intake with a stock 49-state unit off a truck that got a twinram, and went from there. With a #10 plate, intake, exhaust, and injectors, I dynoed at 400 hp. Seems ok to me. I still have the stock delivery valves (181). I don't see where you really need the 215 pump unless you are going for all out power, and then you will not want that with a 5 speed anyway, because it will not take that kind of abuse.
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Look at these sites, that's how I first learned that the 180 California pump was different, notice the listing of a standard 180 pump and a California 180 pump:
http://www.usdieselparts.com/category.cfm?Category=1009
http://chathamfuel.on.ca/generic.asp...0Cummins%205.9
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