mrsmackpaul

At a guess I would think it's more expensive to manufacture as on a V8 you have 8 heads to machine as opposed to  two or 4 on a E9

So at least twice the setup for machining and twice as many heads to machine 

Paul 

Anthem looks a lot better with a decent paint job and as already said, no snail antennas 

Paul 

Thats a very clean swap and a a very clean leaker

A lot of Mack purists will have coniptions about this swap but I like it as thats what trucks and trucking were all about once 

Paul 

2 hours ago, 41chevy said:

Running 10% ethanol in gasoline reduces emissions but also lowers MPG between 25 and 33%, 

If your talking petrol with ethanol I would question those figures 

I have run E10 (10% ethanol) in my petrol vehicals ever since E10 came out and have never noticed any difference in performance or fuel economy 

Both old carby motors and new EFI motors seem to run the same

High compression motors are a different kettle of fish, but normal 10 - 1 compression motors are fine in my experience 

Paul 

Dunno if you have seen this or not, I haven't noticed it on here before

Don't know if it still classifies as modern, stumbled across this on YouTube yesterday 

Paul 

Thanks for the replies, I'll look into it further 

If we want to keep running older trucks we all may have to look into this one day 

Paul 

On 6/16/2019 at 11:26 PM, kscarbel2 said:

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34637-mack-people-and-trucks-tackle-the-eye-of-a-‘storm’/

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/42258-rd822sx/

 

Thank you for the link, some very interesting reading there 

Paul 

I dunno nothing about these but was wondering could these be fitted to a older Mack motor and if they were would they help to clean up the black smoke ?

I was thinking that even in Australia we have pollution law's and although Mrs Mack rarely makes into the big smoke she does on a rare occasion venture into Australia's biggest cities and all it would take is for some over educated knob head to make a complaint and it could become a head ache

Appreciate any thoughts on fitting one of these

Paul 

It has come up well 

I hope the maiden voyage all goes well, as I'm sure it will

Paul 

13 hours ago, 41180 said:

The ones in those pictures above look different than american cl 's ,those aussie ones look to have a sharper drop to the hood and fenders look different . I have seen pics from new zealand that look just like american ones . 

I think most Australian conventional cabbed trucks have cabs mounted higher than normal to try and keep the cab floor cool enough to put your feet on.

This may have something to do with the hood (bonnet) been steeper as all bonnets are mad in Australia.

Paul 

On 6/12/2019 at 5:20 AM, 41chevy said:

I'm thinking if I have to jump through hoops just to try and get what I want than what will be the act to get warranty and general support? Brand loyalty be damned I'll be talking to Autocar tomorrow.

It will be interesting to see what Autocar have to say

Paul 

The old pooch is better than most humans and all they ever want in return is a pat and some tucker

Paul 

On 6/11/2019 at 1:33 PM, 41chevy said:

Yeah Excel told me no Mack 65,000 dual reduction rears on Camel Back and no Maxi Torgue  so I asked why is it in the brochure and web site? " That doesn't mean it's available" HUH?

Wondering what the plans are for use on of the truck with wanting a 65 ass end 

I can only guess some pretty heavy haulage type work

I wonder how it will ride as Mrs Mack isnt exactly smooth with a 58 ass end 

Paul 

7 hours ago, Dirtymilkman said:

Do the Aussie MP's have cup/injector issues? 

Not that I have heard about 

Well for the negativity from people (me included) about these newer types of trucks, it appears that I will have to eat humble pie

I wonder what the figures on Australian Macks like the Trident (have had a hard on for one of these for some time) as theu certainly would out pull the old coolpower 320 and be a lot more comfortable 

Paul 

I followed this unit a couple of times now up the Calder hwy and I can tell you that while it might have some benefitsn one thing it doesn't do any good at all is track 

Maybe at 60 km/h it goes nice and straight but at 90 - 100 km/h it's all over the road like drunk dog ice 

What a mess, almost impossible to pass safely and doesn't track anywhere near as good as a double road train 

I hope these don't become common place

Paul 

17 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

I love those. I saw that company that is making brand new ones on Jay Leno, so I looked them up. They are almost $200,000!!!

 

Guess I'll never have one.

Yes, they sounded like the perfect plan and I like you looked them up and also decided they will be out of my proce range 

Paul 

Thats gunna be a fare old treck

Good luck to him

Paul 

UD fitted a Cummins in their biggest trucks out here in the 80's

I don't think they sold many

Paul 

Should be interesting 

I wonder will we end up with Isuzu motors with Cummins Badges or Cummins motors with Isuzu badges ??

Paul 

Im guessing there is all out and none of the trailers have maxis

Or the the brakes are all backed off 

They say it's on level ground in the commentary 

Paul