mechohaulic Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 10/23/2022 at 12:46 PM, other dog said: How about this unit? I heard it running but they shut it off before I could get any video. Sounded like a race car, I would never guessed it was a 903 Cummins by the sound, until I saw it. It sounded awesome. 903 with headers and DD blower must be quite the sounding unit. see they kept the emergency shut down unit on it. Brockway used the 903 a lot as well as other truck manufactures back in the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 I understand that the 903 was not that popular here in the States, BUT the Australians used a LOT of them.. Hayseed, help me out!! Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted October 25, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2022 Here's a good picture of a Brown from the Colfax show. Not my picture. 2 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 47 minutes ago, Brocky said: I understand that the 903 was not that popular here in the States, BUT the Australians used a LOT of them.. Hayseed, help me out!! They sure do get a lot of hate nowadays, but I liked the one I drove. It was in a 74 Transtar and it did a pretty good job. H.H. Moore had several 903s and he never had any major issues with them that I can remember. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Brocky said: TJC, Here is a picture of the Brown and Corbitt parked side by side.. There are several differences!!! Hmmm....a little bit like Swishy's spotto posts. I forgot all about the Browns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, other dog said: They sure do get a lot of hate nowadays, but I liked the one I drove. It was in a 74 Transtar and it did a pretty good job. H.H. Moore had several 903s and he never had any major issues with them that I can remember. Remember that Schneider, The Pumpkin, Had a lot of them.. Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 just curious Brocky... When did schneider use those engines? I would be interested in finding pictures of the trucks.. jojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rubber Duck 006 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Fun fact: A Blower from a DD will Infact bolt on to the top of a Chevrolet 350 V8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said: Fun fact: A Blower from a DD will Infact bolt on to the top of a Chevrolet 350 V8 I like the way you think 😏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Wasn't the original Mov'n On truck a VT903 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Joey Mack said: just curious Brocky... When did schneider use those engines? I would be interested in finding pictures of the trucks.. jojo JoJo I want to say late 70's into the early 80's.. They were in the IH COE's.. (4070???) 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Mark T said: Wasn't the original Mov'n On truck a VT903 It was. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Brocky said: JoJo I want to say late 70's into the early 80's.. They were in the IH COE's.. (4070???) They might have been the ones that had the stack on the left side of the cab, when every other truck in the U.S. had the stacks on the right. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted October 25, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Brocky said: Remember that Schneider, The Pumpkin, Had a lot of them.. There used to be a small fleet tanker co. in Roanoke that ran all VT903s in cabover White Freightliners, called Lemmon Transport. I was going up 220 to Covington with a load of chips one day when one caught me going up Silver Dollar hill. He might have had the VT 350 as they called them, still a 903 but before they stopped offering them in trucks they raised the HP from 320 to 350. Here's the one I drove. Sitting at the old Ponderosa Truckstop on rt. 60 at the bottom of North Mountain with a load of chips, heading to the Westvaco paper mill in Covinton. I'm headed up because you can see chips in the vent holes. 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rubber Duck 006 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Mark T said: I like the way you think 😏 Hey ingenuity at its finest lol When you know you know 😉 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 11 hours ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said: Fun fact: A Blower from a DD will Infact bolt on to the top of a Chevrolet 350 V8 https://theblowershop.com/tbs-roots-style-superchargers/71-series-blowers/ 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 7 hours ago, other dog said: They might have been the ones that had the stack on the left side of the cab, when every other truck in the U.S. had the stacks on the right. Years later those guys with the dark blue tractors and flatbeds had the stack on the left (Melton?) and if I remember correctly the homely Volvos did too . !!! fun factoid that has absolutely nothing to do with the 903 !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 See Joey, here's an N12 from back when the 903 was available. Note the stack on the left of that handsome truck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 that s cool.. there is sooo much for me to learn about, out there.. I have been Mack only for 24 years with a sprinkling of a few other trucks,, and a bunch of Freightliner and Int. along the way... Jojo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 1:14 PM, Brocky said: I understand that the 903 was not that popular here in the States, BUT the Australians used a LOT of them.. Hayseed, help me out!! 903 were used in everything and were well regarded as good motors Then the BIG CAM arrived and they fell out of favour pretty quick for some more power and better fuel economy Or at least thats my take on Cummins Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Licensed to kill Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) On 10/24/2022 at 7:40 PM, The Rubber Duck 006 said: Fun fact: A Blower from a DD will Infact bolt on to the top of a Chevrolet 350 V8 Lots of guys run them on small block Chevies (and of course big block Chevies) but they are not quite a "bolt on". They require a specific intake manifold or adapter to accept the blower. Edited October 26, 2022 by Licensed to kill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Licensed to kill said: Lots of guys run them on small block Chevies (and of course big block Chevies) but they are not quite a "bolt on". They require a specific intake manifold or adapter to accept the blower. And bearings and seals and a adaptor kit t o make it belt drive But the 671 and 871 blower has been stuck on the top and on the side of a lot of wannabe hot rodders and street racers Oh and plenty of drag cars Not many are from a Detroit Diesel but use the 671 and 871 numbers as they are well known and the specs are loosely based on them The 671 is the most common in Australia for young and not so young blokes and the occasional bird as well Paul 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rubber Duck 006 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 That's awesome. I know my Vocational lab teacher did it with a blower from a DD and all he did was turn it a certain way and maybe a few other slight mods and it bolted right up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Mark T said: See Joey, here's an N12 from back when the 903 was available. Note the stack on the left of that handsome truck. I’ve never even seen one at first glance I thought it was a GMC general with a slope nose… bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark T Posted October 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said: That's awesome. I know my Vocational lab teacher did it with a blower from a DD and all he did was turn it a certain way and maybe a few other slight mods and it bolted right up. He had to have at least some type of adaptor if not an actual manifold. Also would have to have some way to convert it to belt drive. I don't doubt you saw what you saw.... but it's a little more involved than what you're describing. The 6-71 was the popular choice wit hot rodders, and some were actually an aftermarket copy of the GMC blower. One thing there's no debating ??? they're cool. 😎 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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