Freightrain

Any diesel can run away, but a detroit is usually more common only due to the blower, worn seals or stuck rack. Most all leaky ol detriots have an emergency shut off(a control cable hooked to a flapper in the intake tubing) that is used to help shut them down from such an ordeal. Once you shut the air off, they will die away even with all the oil. It takes both to run air and fuel to run. Later versions had a solenoid controlling it from the key. Turn the key off, it closes the flapper automatically.

Glad you got to see them> No matter how long it took ya.....

With gears, it's all about the transmission of power with little power loss and noise. Straight cut teeth are strong, but whine pretty bad at speed. Helical cut gears are quiet, but aren't as efficient or strong. You need to be somewhere in the middle. I guess that is where Mack came up with their version. Little mix of everything.

LMAO!!!

Didn't realize this was a lopsided Mack til now. Was following links after watching the U model above. I know it was posted some time back, but figured I bring it up. (video notes: detroit soundtrack, and for some reason they have interior shot of driver smashing the brake pedal when the motor revs up?? Huh?)

EEEEEEEzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz on those right turns. Man. I think I saw some air under that right front tire??? Gett'n pretty light and wondered if it might go over............................

Off brand lawn mower?? What, a $100 push mower? LOL!!

When mine was a short single axle tractor with no bunk, it was just under 12K total, so says the CAT scales at the truck stop.

How's that line from Dr. Bill video..................."you can go down the pass too slow many times, but you can only go down too fast once". That mixer picture reminds me of Smokey and the Bandit when Buford tells his son to duck or you're gunno loose your head(as they go under that bridge span sitting across the road).

Hot damn, that one is UGLY!! Reminds me of that crash test truck where they ran it into a brick wall and the engine came out the hood. 70 mph to zero in one second. Tragic.

Sounds like your air compressor is toast. Putting that much oil in the tanks in that short of time, not good.

If he don't, how is going to get woke up to see that big ol wreck????

I guess it depends on the kind of dash control? Mine would be "emergency" since it's the old flip style. I would guess the new buttons would be "out". I'd say that is one very tricky question. In all I would say "emergency" would be the correct overall answer.

Ain't life grand??

I think the story goes, the Mack "cab" they used for inside scenes was pulled with a KW with a detroit in it. Thus they used the sound from it.

Yup, same ol '70 I drove for 12 yrs after HS. Pretty sure by that pic I had put a new cab on it(doors/fenders original), bed was junked. I rolled the odometer over a few times in that truck. Put my first set of headers on it over on Kris' driveway(1985?)!! Remember driving it up to NC Jaycee fair after that. Wow, the memories. This was after I moved to 13th street and found a nice southern black bed to put back on it. Few years later I replaced it with my new '96 F350. Tom, Not too hard to run 20-22's with a big truck(with any kind of decent power). Couple hot rods trucks were running 17's. leaving on the govenor and dump'n the clutch in high range(like maybe 5th gear). Quite a show, I got some video from years back, need to get it downloaded someday.

Actually I'm not racing the GMC, but if you look close you might realize that's Detriot Dan Renovetz in his black Mariah waiting for the next trip down the track. BTW, my ET was around 25 seconds at 50 mph. I was just about the slowest truck there. The only problem was I can cut a light(reaction time) and I had them guys worried big time. They saw me come to the lanes and they would scatter and try not to pull in behind me LOL!!!! I went a few rounds and ended up red lighting it away(dammit). I was staging pretty deep and leaving on the second yellow to get into the low .5xx lights(.500 is perfect). Most guys were way north of 1.xxx in reaction times as they didn't know what to do. That leaves me a TON of time at the other end. I may be slow, but I'm ahead of you!!! Here's me getting my door blown off by a large car in time trials.... most guys were running low 20's, and 5 seconds is an forever in drag racing.

Ben, that is a 10 yr old Sony Handy cam, not one of them thar fancy new fangled cameras. It still has a TAPE inside of it!!!! If you even know what that is LOL!!! It's remnants of what used to be VHS tape(only called mini 8). Oh, ya, I've already had the B down the track......the year after I bought it. Still looked like a working truck then with no chrome.

Pretty nice find. Back of cab looks nice(not rotted or patched up). Nice for somebody that wants a decent turn key truck. Wonder what he wants for it?

Ok, here's some video. Nothing to brag about, it's not that fast compared to the guys I run with(notice other cars blowing past me going lo 9's, hi 8's). This video was made the last year I ran my old clutch system and it was junk. You can hear it really slipping badly. Pieceashit from RAM and that winter I changed over to a new set up and love it!!! http://youtu.be/18BcE8SF7-o I use no staging electronics(two step). Only have a high side limiter to keep parts inside the block LOL!! I'm very old school, even run a mech tach too! The piston grip shifter is of my own design. Drew it up on CAD at work, had the main handled burned out of 3/8" plate and then I machined everything else. Works flawlessly and is alot more comfortable then the old T handle I ran for years. Long shifters will convert an old shifter to piston grip, but I wanted to custom fit mine to me and the car.

Back in those days, those "lift bars" were typical and better then nothing. Now they are worthless due to tire technology. Back then a 8-9" tire was all you had and it was hard as a rock. Things have changed drastically. Even my clutch is "new" stuff compared to even 10-15 yrs ago. The norm was 3400# plate and a rag disc and it hit like a sledgehammer(I used to run something typical when I started). My clutch is just over 200# and is designed to slip in a controlled manner. The history is the disc is actually a basic bulldozer clutch part that was splined to work in this app. The transmission I run is the same one they used in Pro stock back in the 70's-80's. Once they started going real fast, it wasn't enough. Liberty now supplies them with a twin countershaft model that puts up with the 1500Hp. Mine is good for about 1/2 that. The case splits in 1/2 and is very easy to work on. Even with my 4100# boat, I don't have issues, though I have broken a part or two through the years. The soft clutch really helps with breakage.

Dragging 50-60K lbs around with under 200hp would make for a very slow day. I know there are plenty of guys that have repowered old iron and run them today. I can't see a problem with it as long as everything is tight and functional.

Vlad, Yes the trailer has sleeping area, hot/cold water, frig, micro. The car takes the back 20ft, the 12ft in front has cabinets and such(plus 4wheeler), then the bed is up over the neck(8ft). The trailer is 40ft overall, came empty, and I put all the stuff in myself through the years. The bunk is for the g/f to sleep and relax on the way to/from the track. She is a trooper as she used to bounce along on the buddy seat for hours on end trying to sleep upright. The bunk makes it much nicer for her. The car has a 428ci FE, Doug Nash 5spd. Best : 11:21 @ 120 mph. I bought the car from the original owners and it was very well kept with only 70K miles on it. Joe, the tarmac was packed full by noon(I got there just after 10am when it opened). There was a $10 fee for registration(basically a donation for MAPs). They had DJ playing music, some kind of Indian tribal demonstration going on, plus the Model A club brought a car that they would tear apart and put back together in like 10 minutes and drive away. Sorry I didn't get any other pics of the place.

Had a cruise-in over at the airport, actually the Maps muesum(military planes)on the far side of the property. I took the truck/trailer/race car as some of the people from our local Ford club were attending. As I pulled in..........I figured I'd click a shot of something Rob dreams about every night............... Then, I clicked a shot of my junk taking up alot of room: I originally just parked the car, but the MAPs people told me to bring the truck over too, so I did. Car count was over 400 the last I heard. Neat display of planes and such. The hanger was open for all to poke around and see what they were working on. Been there a couple times in the last few years, but first time I ever came to the annual cruise in. Had lots of good conversations about car and truck. Ever retired trucker came by and told me a story or two.

I'm not much taller, but long legs are a killer!!! I went to the left coast in '96. Four hours cramped up with people trying to knock you out as they made their way to the bathroom every few minutes(aarrgh). Knees into the seat in front of me, only a hard plastic sidewall to lean on(ugh). I do fly for work occasionally, if driving is out of the question. I have a friend(my size) that does business in China/malaysia, etc, and travels there in coach a few times a year. Good gawd that must be horrible. 747 or not, you are still packed in like sardines.