Can't sneak home at night with that engine.
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6V53 running through gears
- Thread starter Jon81K5
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Believe it or not, it’s a comfortable volume inside the cab even at 70mph/ 2500rpm on the highway. Real thick insulation on the floor and firewall as well as some hefty mufflers.
I drove a tow truck with one in it in the late 70's. Had to shut the engine off to talk on the company radio. Was fun to drive. I don't remember what transmission was in it, but it was a 2 stick with a split rearend. Rowing gears was a hoot.
Thats really cool! Now as per the rules of ck5 we will require a video of that thing at full song running though the gears 
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That has to be one of the coolest truck and engine combination I have ever seen....
Quick video as requested. The rattling is the shift lever in need of some rubber.
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all that noise to finally hit 50mph last i saw = 
Looking at options to gain O/D. Think a 2000 series Allison will be the move. The old MT41 is a dinosaurall that noise to finally hit 50mph last i saw =
just need to find a good stand alone controler for the trans .
but if no real work is planned for it mabye just a 4l80-e as there not a cummins or d-max of todays world .
but if no real work is planned for it mabye just a 4l80-e as there not a cummins or d-max of todays world .
dont forget these engines need to 
so dont get to far down the line for rpm to power ratio .
my 8.1L vortec gets 10.5 mpg loaded or empty .
so dont get to far down the line for rpm to power ratio .my 8.1L vortec gets 10.5 mpg loaded or empty .
