Major Pros and cons or difference between 1st and 2nd gen motors??
#1
Major Pros and cons or difference between 1st and 2nd gen motors??
(Engine wise) Just looking for your opinion about the main difference between the two.
I'm relativly new to cummins and have few "friends" riping on me for buying a 1st gen motor
-Jason
I'm relativly new to cummins and have few "friends" riping on me for buying a 1st gen motor
-Jason
#2
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If you're limiting the discussion to just 12 valve engines, there aren't many differences worth noting, really. The early, non-intercooled first gens had larger injector bores which gave the head a greater tendancy to crack between the valve seats when compared to the 91.5-98 head. Beyond that, there's the obvious difference of the VE pump on the 1st gen truck vs. the p-pump on the 2nd gen truck. While the p-pump reigns supreme in the ultra-rediculous horsepower arena, there are more than a few VE-pumped trucks with 600+ horsepower at the rear wheels....
#4
Originally Posted by SPINPOSI
So what has anyone done to prevent the cracking?
Can a P pump be fitted in place of a VE?
Why does a 2nd gen sound so different and Louder than the 1st?
Can a P pump be fitted in place of a VE?
Why does a 2nd gen sound so different and Louder than the 1st?
A P-pump can be put on in place of a VE, but it's far from a bolt-on. The usual consensus is that it's cheaper to buy a BOMBed VE to bolt on, unless you're shooting for 800 HP.
#5
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Originally Posted by SPINPOSI
So what has anyone done to prevent the cracking?
Get a newer-style head
Can a P pump be fitted in place of a VE?
Yes, but it'd dang near be cheaper to buy a p-pump parts truck...
Why does a 2nd gen sound so different and Louder than the 1st?
Get a newer-style head
Can a P pump be fitted in place of a VE?
Yes, but it'd dang near be cheaper to buy a p-pump parts truck...
Why does a 2nd gen sound so different and Louder than the 1st?
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#9
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Before we go any further, what are your goals for this engine? There's not much these things won't do, sometimes you just have to be more creative to get there
#12
Originally Posted by SPINPOSI
Well .....I plan to shoot for 400 hp range.
Or if you want to be da pusherman you can inject enough water and nitrous to get to 400 with stock injectors, but at that point you're going to need O-rings in the head anyways to hold onto the cylinder pressures.
My theory is that getting a new head is an excuse to get a ported, polished and O-ringed head while you're at it...
#13
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400 HP for play, or for towing? I'm not sure what you're used to driving, but these old trucks are a different beast. You can usually at LEAST double the torque for a given horsepower. Wannadiesel, for instance, hasn't cracked 400 HP (yet) but he's knocking on the door of 900 ft/lbs of torque which is some seriously neck-snapping twist power...not to say that you shouldn't shoot high, but that 'push you back in the seat' feeling is only a couple screw twists away on that '90 of yours...
edit: 3rd gear in my truck (which is not all that fast, really) is downright un-nerving and a few seconds of 4th gear will accelerate the truck to speeds dodge never intended a power wagon to see
edit: 3rd gear in my truck (which is not all that fast, really) is downright un-nerving and a few seconds of 4th gear will accelerate the truck to speeds dodge never intended a power wagon to see