DP Horsepower
When purchasing a Class A DP should consideration be given to the hosepower or are all Class A powered sufficiently. Some older ones have the 260 HP Cummins engine and was wondering if this is adequat...
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Passin Thru wrote:
Now for your answer. Yes the 260 Cummins will do it. You can turn a 260 up to 300 or even 350 but I'd have a pyrometer and vacuum gage and be careful as it will melt pistons. What is your hurry? You should be retired and where do you have to be? Also when someone writes a diatribe of gobbelty-good about torq Hp etc etc etc, dont add it to your reply. No one cares. Not me anyway, I could read all that on Google but I'm already a mechanic.
Yep, you can do that, but you better have a transmission that can handle that torque, and most who have those little engines also have little Allisons that will not handle it. Now I'd love to have a 13 speed Roadranger behind my Cummins 6bt 5.9, but I have to live with the Allison MT643 which has a net input of 250 hp and 640 ft lbs of torque. So I'm pretty much stuck (and happy) right where I'm at!
