Rocket science

[cusso ken]

Reason why I went with a Cummins over the big 6.4 hemi in my dodge pickup, with the hd suspension I can haul 2200 pounds and tow 18000 pounds at the same time and still get 18 mpg at a steady 65mph. Got to love the torque from a diesel.

Reason why I went with a Cummins over the big 6.4 hemi in my dodge pickup, with the hd suspension I can haul 2200 pounds and tow 18000 pounds at the same time and still get 18 mpg at a steady 65mph. Got to love the torque from a diesel.

Shoot! 8Tonne towing capacity ,we must have a different towing capacity formulae in Oz , most of the heavier towing vehicles Land cruisers and Nissan patrols are rated at 3.5tonne and F250 are 4.5tonne rated , they could tow a lot more but are restricted by our rating system, right back to the V903 Cummins in my old International 3070A I have been a Cummins man , before that I had a GM 2 stroke diesel (a green screamer) in a Inter Loadstar twin sticker 5 speed main with a 3 speed joey box ,under drive ,drive and over drive , you could play a tune with that motor/ gearbox combo.

 

[ROCKETHEAD]

Shoot! 8Tonne towing capacity ,we must have a different towing capacity formulae in Oz , most of the heavier towing vehicles Land cruisers and Nissan patrols are rated at 3.5tonne and F250 are 4.5tonne rated , they could tow a lot more but are restricted by our rating system, right back to the V903 Cummins in my old International 3070A I have been a Cummins man , before that I had a GM 2 stroke diesel (a green screamer) in a Inter Loadstar twin sticker 5 speed main with a 3 speed joey box ,under drive ,drive and over drive , you could play a tune with that motor/ gearbox combo.

The new dodge ram 3500 heavy duty dually can tow 32000 pound 5th wheel trailer, mine is heavy duty but single wheel, so limited to 18000. 6 speed auto with ebrake and tow haul mode.

 

[CanberraR3]

Hopefully mine shall be sent out from OZ tomorrow.
bated breath breathing . . . . . . .

You gonna be 1 very happy ol bull soon enough.

 

[crashpete]

I need an emoticon eating popcorn for this thread! Definitely buying one some time this year.

 

[1olbull]

Good news: Well, I got the CES a day earlier than expected.
Bad news: It didn't fit!
The header mounted up no problema.
The muffler slips over the header fine; however, the mount plate ends up at least an inch to the rear of the two bolt holes.
I think cutting off an inch from the end of the header might correct the problem, but I don't know what that would do to the ceramic coating regarding chipping and/or rusting.
I shall wait for Monday in OZ and call CES.

 

[Steel]

Is it perhaps upside down?

No pun intended.

 

[Bob R]

I think I would fab up a mounting plate before cutting the header, but that is just me. Sorry to hear it didn't fit out of the box.

bob

 

[bruce aussie]

Is it going all the way on the header pipe?

 

[ozrider]

Good news: Well, I got the CES a day earlier than expected.
Bad news: It didn't fit!
The header mounted up no problema.
The muffler slips over the header fine; however, the mount plate ends up at least an inch to the rear of the two bolt holes.
I think cutting off an inch from the end of the header might correct the problem, but I don't know what that would do to the ceramic coating regarding chipping and/or rusting.
I shall wait for Monday in OZ and call CES.

seems odd as they are made in a jig.......

 

[bruce aussie]

@1olbull did you go with the production muffler or get something different done?