Competition Wow - $30,000 for a Cummins Race Diesel

[hammersley]

900+ HP Cummins 5. 9 Truck Pull or Drag Motor:eBay Motors (item 180408359427 end time Sep-22-09 14:29:44 PDT)

 

[CurtLee]

You could build your own for that much and have the satisfaction of doing it yourself

 

[fest3er]

Hmmm. A crate motor from Cummins costs what? $6,000 maybe? $30,000 is a fair price for one of Dan Scheid's competition engines. Yes, you could build your own for that price, but it wouldn't sound the same and it probably wouldn't run as well as a Scheid motor.

 

[AHolt]

I think a crate motor from cummins

is $12. 000 or more.

 

[JWadford]

900 h. p. in a 2. 8 class is a little high rated

 

[JGheen]

900 h. p. in a 2. 8 class is a little high rated

How do you figure?? Maybe 10-15 years ago.



900hp is EASLIY achieveable with a 2. 8, oh and a little extra $$.



Joe

 

[JWadford]

How do you figure?? 900hp is EASLIY achieveable with a 2. 8, oh and a little extra $$.



Joe

right, with nitrous. look at the cylinder head, still has the factory casted intake

 

[JGheen]

right, with nitrous. look at the cylinder head, still has the factory casted intake

No nitrous, and what does the factory intake have to do with anything? Just cuz it doesn't have the casting cut off with a ZZ fab intake doesn't mean 900hp is not achieveable. Don't make me get Joe Donnelly in here with his 800hp 12v on No. 2 only stories... ... .



Joe

 

[telliott]

can i borrow 30 grand? would love to put this in my wifes car:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[JWadford]

No nitrous, and what does the factory intake have to do with anything? Just cuz it doesn't have the casting cut off with a ZZ fab intake doesn't mean 900hp is not achieveable. Don't make me get Joe Donnelly in here with his 800hp 12v on No. 2 only stories... ... .



Joe

that must be where the other 10 grand is, 120 psi of boost and an ultra mega shot of water to cool it down along with triple intercoolers and 7000 rpm, although i would like to hear some storiesOo.

 

[Sled Puller]

1500 HP will set you back about 45K, I think from Scheid. May as well add the 15 and go for it all, baby!!!

 

[Sled Puller]

The ad says call KENT. Its legit, and a bargain..... except for that PURPLE PAINT!!!!!!!

 

[JWadford]

1500 HP will set you back about 45K, I think from Scheid. May as well add the 15 and go for it all, baby!!!

i watched one of his blow up this year ouchhhhh

 

[JGheen]

i watched one of his blow up this year ouchhhhh

Jeez, dude, you are a serious Cummins power dis-believer and a ***** stirrer, aren't ya?

 

[JWadford]

Jeez, dude, you are a serious Cummins power dis-believer and a ***** stirrer, aren't ya?

sorry i came off a little rough, i have seen alot of cummins so called 800-1000 h. p. trucks but when it comes dyno time they are more like 700-800 with worked cylinder heads, also recently watched a so called thirty thousand dollar 900 h. p. dmax only outpull a 500 h. p. dmax by about 7-10 ft and the lesser h. p. max was right off the street. so when im told that i want to see dyno charts, flow equals speed which turns into h. p. and i know a stock head doesnt flow and twelve valve heads are the worst. , dont take this the wrong way, sometimes you have to work someone up to keep tdr interesting:-{}:-laf

 

[Rhondasway]

... flow equals speed which turns into h. p. and i know a stock head doesnt flow and twelve valve heads are the worst. , dont take this the wrong way, sometimes you have to work someone up to keep tdr interesting:-{}:-laf

:-laf Okay, I'm in... :-{} Let's go.

 

[JWadford]

:-laf Okay, I'm in... :-{} Let's go.

alright here is the truth IM JEALOUS !!!:{#@$%!:-laf

 

[BigBadDodge]

We are still running a stock head, with stock intale plenum.



BBD

 

[Rhondasway]

Okay, now we're back on track. Amen, Scott. 'Course, I'm not dynoing 900horses yet...

 

[JWadford]

We are still running a stock head, with stock intale plenum.



BBD

did you extrude hone the hell out of it, and looking at your pictures, that is a pretty little trick plenum cover, also looks like you are running a common rail cylinder head, i really like the engine in your truck, i can still see the blood sweat and tears that went into that art work, not to mention all the cuss words i can hear bouncing off the chrome, i have a million cylinder head questions, i have 9200 miles on my newest engine and to be honest im not entirely impressed, dont get me wrong, it breaks 37 inch tires loose at 35-40 mph,it does run good for a street truck, but from what i was told it should do, i think it is a couple hundred h. p. short. i recently had it on a dyno, the operator said it was loaded 30 percent and the truck made 647 h. p. and i dont remember the tq, i also noticed boost peaked at 40 psi, blow offs were at 70-75, pretty much made a huge cloud of smoke with no go, rail pressure was up to 24-25000 psi toward the upper part of the run ???