'01 Cummins Signature/isx Engine

[Gambi80]

Been thinking about an '01 Pete with a 565 ISX engine. Just wondering the pro's/con's to this motor. It's got 675k miles on it with relatively little work...new turbo. Any info would be appreciated.

[werkhorse]

Well I drive a signature 565 in a 2000 KW K104 here in Australia towing a semi at around 45 Tonne GVW most palces I go and appart from having the Monotherm update at 500,000 km's, a turbo at about 700,000 km's and both cam's at 1,000,000 km's it's been relativly trouble free. Now you need to know that this truck/engine towed a B double at around 68 Tonne for the first 5 years of it's life pretty much running 18-20 hr's a day, then moved onto towing a sideloader/swinglift semi which it still tows now at 1,250,000 km's.This involves a lot of idling and low power working and so far it's still going great. I find that when the truck is loaded up the more you put on the truck the better the engine seem's to pull as when I tow a B double on the odd occasion it's only a gear, maybe a gear and a half, down on a semi and Tasmania is a very hilly place to be.

[theakerstwo]

It is a big cost like about 14000.00 to inframe the engine.

[Gambi80]

It is a big cost like about 14000.00 to inframe the engine.

It costs anywhere from 12 large on up to rebuild anything nowadays.

I was just wondering the good, the bad and the ugly points of this motor...brand loyalties aside. 565 horses, 18sp and 3.90 rears is a titilating thought.