Maxxforce diesel engines

   / Maxxforce diesel engines #71  
Say that when the tie rod falls off your Ram at 60 MPH on the highway, LOL Ask me how I know. I then learned the pattern with my Mega Cab dually.....every 50,000 miles it would start to burn all 6 tires off and you knew it was front end rebuild time.

I don’t have a ram.
 
   / Maxxforce diesel engines #72  

They dropped the MaxxForce nametag altogether. The DT466/530/570 line by the name of MaxxForce 9 and 10 are discontinued, the MaxxForce 13 is renamed A26 alike its European cousin it is based on, the MAN D2676. The S13 is the new Traton worldwide engine, jointly developed by Scania and MAN.
 
   / Maxxforce diesel engines #73  

They dropped the MaxxForce nametag altogether. The DT466/530/570 line by the name of MaxxForce 9 and 10 are discontinued, the MaxxForce 13 is renamed A26 alike its European cousin it is based on, the MAN D2676. The S13 is the new Traton worldwide engine, jointly developed by Scania and MAN.
Yep, they are trying to distance themselves from that MaxxForce name, LOL
I don't know anyone with the S13 yet, but a friend has the A26 in a dump truck and it has been pretty good.
 
   / Maxxforce diesel engines #74  
a friend has the A26 in a dump truck and it has been pretty good.
MaxxForce 13 was the same engine, engine is fine. It just wasnt a good idea to force feed an engine its own sh*t like Navistar wanted.

A high temperature combustion produces little soot and is therefor more complete and efficient. It just causes oxygen to bond with the 75% nitrogen in the air around us, making nitrous oxides.

With EGR you get air with less available oxygen within the same air mass, resulting in lower combustion temperatures, more soot and lower efficiency. So EGR+DPF, there is a point at which the balance turns very unfavourable for the DPF because the EGR makes the engine produce more and more soot, resulting in clogging up of the EGR system and VGT turbo itself.

Well, everybody else realised they were nearing that point and adopted DEF to take care of the nitrous oxides outside of the combustion chamber in order to optimize their in-cylinder combustion process for an efficient, low soot burn, yet Navistars CEO demanded his team to go beyond that point and even sued the EPA for approving DEF. The results, we all know.

Scania, for certain emission stages, offered both an EGR+DPF version, as well as a DEF version to give the customer a choice. Later they couldnt manage without both, but their latest versions no longer have EGR and sometimes not even DPF.

Ah, i sound like i am promoting the S13 engine: From an engineering point of view, their marketing talk is correct though.
11 years ago i had the same talk with the John Deere sales rep who was trying to talk me into a Deere Tier 4 Final engine with twin turbos EGR coolers throttle valves, in order to pump 30% EGR back into an engine, while FPT had the same responsiveness with a plain old wastegated turbo and DEF.
So, for once, International isnt lying to cover their ass 😉👍

 
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   / Maxxforce diesel engines #75  
The 92 I never had to

The 06 I've put a ball joint on

I have 2 f350s as well. They are the beater trucks. Cheap and disposable

You've defied the laws of physics...

You better call the Smithsonian and tell them you have a unicorn. You've have what nobody has...
 
   / Maxxforce diesel engines #76  
You've defied the laws of physics...

You better call the Smithsonian and tell them you have a unicorn. You've have what nobody has...

Not really. The 2wd trucks don't suffer the problems the 4wd truck do with the front end

Plus they ride better and get better mileage.
 
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#77  
Some Freightliner 6x6’s out there, but many have C-7’s in them.
Not exactly a powerhouse, or highly regarded either. Basically a school bus engine dropped into a truck that really needs >350HP.
Some of the Freightliners have C-12/12’s in them, or nice to find another IH 7500 like mine with a DT530-HT570 (pre emissions).
Not exactly falling out of trees.
 
   / Maxxforce diesel engines #78  
Some Freightliner 6x6’s out there, but many have C-7’s in them.
Not exactly a powerhouse, or highly regarded either. Basically a school bus engine dropped into a truck that really needs >350HP.
Here in Holland, with the 46 ton 8x8 and 50 ton 10x10 configurations, everybody opts for the 13 liter instead of the 11. Driving in the sand, you want max torque at low idle when the automated transmission shifts up in the sand


Here in Europe only the firetrucks use an Allison. In other applications the added fuel consumption is prohibitive. But without an Allison you definately need low end torque
 
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#79  
Really wish we could get Scania over here, but there’s plenty of well made US choices.
 
   / Maxxforce diesel engines #80  
Really wish we could get Scania over here, but there’s plenty of well made US choices.
Apparently they're available in Canada, I didn't know they were so highly regarded or apparently further ahead in emission controls than the US or Canada. No DPF crap to worry about.
Don't know if you follow Edison Motors (No I'm not an electric vehicle proponent) but I like their style and their values. To go from nothing to an actual road worthy tractor in a couple years built in a dome building in Chaces' mothers backyard is pretty amazing.
 

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