Hi all,
I posted a lengthy intro and when I hit submit, it said I didn't log in...so this one will be a lot shorter
I retired from the Marine Corps 6 years ago after over 30 years active. I live outside Pensacola, FL. I'm on my 3rd Cummins, a '99 bought new from Military Overseas sales in '99....it stayed stock. An '01 Sport that I bought in '07 and I put 4 inch exhaust, cold air intake, 100hp sticks and a Super B on it with a Juice box, and rebuilt the trans.
I traded it and some cash in 2013 to one of my Marines that needed to get out from under an '05 Big Horn, HO. He and his wife had thrown a bunch of parts at it:
Super B Special
BIGger Injectors
BD Intercooler
BD 2 piece manifold
AFE Bladerunner intake
Airdog 150
Southbend Dual disk
Bag of parts CP3
Smarty Jr set on kill
5 inch stacks
Competition Engineering ladder bars
The truck now has 220K on it....I've changed the clutch once, and had Smarty UDC tuning and had to add a Snow Meth Injection to tow my 40 foot 5'er.
I loaned it to a buddy to pull a 15K trailer with and told him to watch the EGT's...he got in some low hills and since "it had been awhile since he'd driven a clutch"....I suspect he clutched under boost or short shifted....he broke rings and spun bearings on #5 and #6....logged a 1685 on the Edge insight...
I'm rebuilding...I've got parts on hand and others coming...thankfully Hardway Performance is 40 miles away!
Stock standard/.010 crank
Wagler Rods
Mahle .020 Pistons and rings
Hamilton 178 Cam, springs, lifters, pushrods
Oil cooler and pump
Mahle gasket kit
ARP Main and 2000 head studs
Fleece 10mm Stroker
S&S 80% injectors
Fluidampr
The Super B special has some play, so I'm going to rebuild. But, it's too big to twin with an S475. I want a dependable truck, that I never have to look at EGT's again, better mileage, and fun to drive....I'm looking for a stock HE351CW now to rebuild for an add-a turbo with the 475 and I'm going to have Ryan from Hardway tune it.
Thanks for reading and I'm open for suggestions!
Semper Fi
Jamie