Blew it UP!!!
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From: Parker, CO
man that's bad luck, hope the new engine is good for at least 500,000 miles! The only thing that I would be wary about is the fact that its an ambulance engine, could have been worked really hard.
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From: Redmond, Or
Ya I thought the same thing, it may have been driven hard from time to time, but I'll bet the maintence records are tip top? thats one reason I got this one, and it only had 46,000 miles on it.
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From: Dallas-Ft. Worth
So you're putting an early 99 in a 2000? Did I read that right? Take all the intake stuff off the 2000 and convert the early to a late. The 17* HPOP and injectors are bigger in the newer motor too, if they're okay.
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From: Redmond, Or
Van Turbo is Sold guys, thanks,
and yes i stil have the ball buster, i put it on the 99' with my manafolds, up pipes, and pedistal off of my 2000,
I've got some stage 2c's from DPP, that i took out of the 2000 engine and put into the 99.
and yes i stil have the ball buster, i put it on the 99' with my manafolds, up pipes, and pedistal off of my 2000,
I've got some stage 2c's from DPP, that i took out of the 2000 engine and put into the 99.
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From: Dallas-Ft. Worth
EDIT: Never mind. I see in the earlier post you got the HPOP too...
How are the DPP injectors? I'm thinking about getting a set of those myself.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Wallingford, CT
That employee tune sounds like an awesome idea. Limit revs and top speed. Then you could take the switch out or lock them out of it so that they couldn't move it out of the employee tune. Or make it so there's a button they have to press every so often to prove they're paying attention or the truck starts defueling and slowing down.
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Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Dallas, Oregon
The problem with ambulance motors is that they spend so much time idling. You may see 45,000 miles on the odometer, but it has years of idling time - which is very hard on a diesel.
Hope it works out.
I have found that $$ spent on the right employee pay back on reduced expenses elsewhere. The problem is finding that employee, and the culls all thinking they are worth just a much.
Hope it works out.
I have found that $$ spent on the right employee pay back on reduced expenses elsewhere. The problem is finding that employee, and the culls all thinking they are worth just a much.
