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Originally Posted by Brettpearson67
I wish you the best of luck! Might a suggest a favorite engine of mine, a Detroit 60 Series? They don't get much better.
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Thanks Brett. only deal with that is I want to stay fully mechanical. have only had one experience with ECM's and TCU's and C8.3 and an Allison B400 and all the diagnosis and codes and limp mode and all the ancillary stuff..............simply don't want to go there again. And as far as I know the Series 60's are DDEC............otherwise I'm totally with you. And yes they have nearly the same footprint as the 855. But lets face it Cummins did the Series 60 before Detroit or Daimler or whoever they are these days..........And I've owned 4 Crowns with the Big Cam never had problems with them and shoved up into the frame rails of this Shorty, well, should easily cruise the Grapevine at 90...........that works for me..........
Now that I have accepted that it's alright to do a "vertical install" and not be limited to established already pancaked engines a whole new world is opening up to possibilities...................I could go as small as a 8.3 or right up into the 400HP ranges of the Big Cams............so that's where I'm headed. Just thankful I gave up on the notion of sacrificing a couple Crowns to save this one..................thanks for your input..........Moki