What is the "12 valve" of big rig engines?
Rugged, reliable, bulletproof, easy to turn up and bad as hell? So what is the baddest big rig engine out there? While we are at it, what do you guys think is the best trans?
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3408 cat for power. Easy to crank and unbelievable power.course it was twin turbo.could drive with traffic at 140k pounds over the passes. trans idk, they are mostly pretty good so it's a hard call. ran a 10 and a 4 behind the 3408 never had a prob pullin 9 axles of lowboy
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3406E then an N-14. You can really make power with the cat if it is set and tuned correctly.
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Don't know much about them, but Cummins made a KTA engine that were 1150 cu.in and could be made to make up to 2000 HP. It was a 6 cylinder, each cylinder had its own head. There were trucks that came with this engine. There was also an engine(Cummins V-12) that was two 855 cu. in cast together, I have never seen one, just read about them.
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I worked on one of those cummins v12 engines in a genset last week. it was a 1976 model year. Kicking myself now for not getting a whole shot of it, but was documenting the water leaks at the time [duhhh] this particular big ol beast is natural gas powered, naturally aspirated, water cooled exhaust manifolds.
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Thriving on neglect goes to N-14. They just don't seem to die. I read somewhere that no bottom end in a class eight truck was as stout. Owner of Pittsburg Power, I believe.
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Ive always wondered the same. Id like to get a tractor and play with it; maybe when I strike it rich.
All (well most) of our equipment at work runs Cummins V12s. The older stuff was, then they switched to CATs, but I guess theyve had issues and the newer stuff is back running Cummins. CATs wont start in the cold, but the Cummins' fires up EVERY time. This is oilfield pumping equipment |
For hot rodding; on the small side a DT466. Big boys, Cummins KTA19(1150), Cat 3406B,C,E, C15, C18, 3408. Just look what they run in the big rig sled pulls.
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Dt466
I have to second the DT466. All of our company trucks are beat on day in and day out and never miss a lick. Not the most powerful engine but dead reliable.
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Originally Posted by gtstrkd
(Post 2516328)
I have to second the DT466. All of our company trucks are beat on day in and day out and never miss a lick. Not the most powerful engine but dead reliable.
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Biggest problem with fueling up a 466 is melting the liner o-rings.
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Originally Posted by Hvytrkmech
(Post 2516373)
Biggest problem with fueling up a 466 is melting the liner o-rings.
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I hear ya, they can, and do make retarded power. I was referring more so to daily work trucks.
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Originally Posted by 'strokeThis_'07
(Post 2515726)
Ive always wondered the same. Id like to get a tractor and play with it; maybe when I strike it rich.
All (well most) of our equipment at work runs Cummins V12s. The older stuff was, then they switched to CATs, but I guess theyve had issues and the newer stuff is back running Cummins. CATs wont start in the cold, but the Cummins' fires up EVERY time. This is oilfield pumping equipment |
Originally Posted by Field_boss_cb
(Post 2515384)
Don't know much about them, but Cummins made a KTA engine that were 1150 cu.in and could be made to make up to 2000 HP. It was a 6 cylinder, each cylinder had its own head. There were trucks that came with this engine. There was also an engine(Cummins V-12) that was two 855 cu. in cast together, I have never seen one, just read about them.
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