Truckers, lets see your rigs!

35? That seems high to me, but if you know and trust it I guess it's probably better than spending 25 for a roached pos. I drive a truck identical to it, 94 379 with a 470, it always ram strong and got good mileage. No nickel and dime b.s. either. I think somebody fiddled with it at some point because it ran right along with the stock 475 and 550 trucks.

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chevota84 said:
35? That seems high to me, but if you know and trust it I guess it's probably better than spending 25 for a roached pos. I drive a truck identical to it, 94 379 with a 470, it always ram strong and got good mileage. No nickel and dime b.s. either. I think somebody fiddled with it at some point because it ran right along with the stock 475 and 550 trucks.

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Yea I thing it's high. I still gotta go see it. I haven't seen it in person in awhile now.
 
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BRE said:
Yea I thing it's high. I still gotta go see it. I haven't seen it in person in awhile now.
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35 seems high to me as well. My 94 aerodyne is the same power train. If it's a 14613bp trans it's end ratio is .85. My Rick had 3.55 and couldn't figure out why it was 1500 at 100kmh.
The ddec 2 pulls well. It works 8 an 9 axle loads no problems. Don't like wind when your that heavy and the machine is that big but mileage is great. Uses 1 gallon on 20k km oil changes on a motor that's at about 1.8 million kms. Not bad I'd say. Ddec 2 can be tuned fine. You can also swap out the 2 for a 3/4 ecm an a different harness which is cheap. Then your sitting the same. Motors otherwise stay the same with exceptions to different power ratings.

I would expect that truck to be around 30k cad so 26 ish for you. That engine, depending on how extensive owner went, is cheap to rebuild. Doing o/h, reman head, injectors and centre bores was $12k cad including labour.
 
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35 seems high to me as well. My 94 aerodyne is the same power train. If it's a 14613bp trans it's end ratio is .85. My Rick had 3.55 and couldn't figure out why it was 1500 at 100kmh.
The ddec 2 pulls well. It works 8 an 9 axle loads no problems. Don't like wind when your that heavy and the machine is that big but mileage is great. Uses 1 gallon on 20k km oil changes on a motor that's at about 1.8 million kms. Not bad I'd say. Ddec 2 can be tuned fine. You can also swap out the 2 for a 3/4 ecm an a different harness which is cheap. Then your sitting the same. Motors otherwise stay the same with exceptions to different power ratings.

I would expect that truck to be around 30k cad so 26 ish for you. That engine, depending on how extensive owner went, is cheap to rebuild. Doing o/h, reman head, injectors and centre bores was $12k cad including labour.
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There's quite a few differences:

- no oil squirters and no provisions to add them
- Bolt on style rods instead of gun drilled rods
- older 2 piece pistons
- 2 bolt thrust plate more prone to leaks
- v-belts instead of serpentine
- old style alternator mount instead of quad mount
- AC mount isn't as good

If you give me the serial I can get you more info on it.
 
If he's not building big power I don't think that stuff makes much of a difference. None of my 3 trucks have piston coolers. I may be wrong but there were provisions before 99 for them but they were t installed until after 99? Serpentine belt or v belt... meh I don't care either way. The alternator and ac mount I prefer on my ddec 4 for sure.
 
The truck has a long list of recentish work. I've known the guy for awhile and I don't think he'd try to phuck me, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want too much for it. I know when he rebuilt it, it got a new head, new bigger injectors, bull gear, the works. Newer 13 speed, yards yada.
However I got a lead on one last night that I'm more interested in at the moment.
 
BRE said:
The truck has a long list of recentish work. I've known the guy for awhile and I don't think he'd try to phuck me, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want too much for it. I know when he rebuilt it, it got a new head, new bigger injectors, bull gear, the works. Newer 13 speed, yards yada.
However I got a lead on one last night that I'm more interested in at the moment.
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In Canada it cost me, $3300 for o/h, $2800 head, $2200 injectors, bull gear is $1000. $3600 labour.


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Does anybody know what those shiny chrome mufflers that look like glass packs are called?

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Dyna flex and grand rock make them it looks like. I was thinking it was a different name.

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Alright... school me on n-14's folks. I know jack about cummins.
96 model truck is all I know about the engine at this time.
 
chevota84 said:
How to make it go faster cheaply lol. It has 450k on it, completely virgin stock. It runs strong but it's boring

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Like how cheap?

I always want people to start with injectors, juicing the pump is okay, but that extra pressure with no where to go is hard on the cam.
 
I had planned on just turning the screw out a bit and fiddling with the aneroid to get a little more pop out if it. It doesn't have a pyro right now but I have one on the way, it's a weird spec, it has nearly every gauge but that one. Do you think a rail gauge is worth it? Also what's your opinion on shims vs springs for the governor?

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How is the stock timing on the 531? Slow enough for some more fuel without rattling the heads off?

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