Is 330 HP enough for a 37-40' DP
Seeing a lot of early mid 2000 DP in the 37-40' range with 300-330 HP Cats or Cummings. Is this enough HP? The torque seems to be about 1000 lb/ ft on either. Is this enought? We plan to tow a Jee...
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OP, those are the years where DPs started gaining weight, even becoming overweight resulting in very little CCC. Behind a cabinet door there should be a sheet with the amount of CCC which IMHO needs to be 3,000+ lbs. You cannot compare a 5.9 pushing 19,000 lbs to something that's closer to 30,000 lbs so without knowing the weight it's just a guess. Yes the 1HP/100 lbs is a good ratio BUT I know of three different 330 HP MH engines but there are big torque difference:
Cummins ISB 6.7L at 800 ftlbs but not in the years you are looking at.
Cat 3126/C7 7.2L at 880 ftlbs
Cummins ISC 8.3L at 1000 ftlbs.
Although I made a lot of money with Cat heavy equipment, I prefer the Cummins ISC over the Cat C7 which started in 2004 plus the ISC has more torque as it's over a liter larger.
I prefer the 8 airbag Monaco/Beaver/Safari/HR chassic over the 4 airbag Freightliner/Spartan. I feel they handle better on curvy roads and on windy days.
Cummins ISB 6.7L at 800 ftlbs but not in the years you are looking at.
Cat 3126/C7 7.2L at 880 ftlbs
Cummins ISC 8.3L at 1000 ftlbs.
Although I made a lot of money with Cat heavy equipment, I prefer the Cummins ISC over the Cat C7 which started in 2004 plus the ISC has more torque as it's over a liter larger.
I prefer the 8 airbag Monaco/Beaver/Safari/HR chassic over the 4 airbag Freightliner/Spartan. I feel they handle better on curvy roads and on windy days.
