8v92 upgrade

[chessie4905]

Extra gears can help, but ultimately the percent of grade and whether engine is in its power band dictates  max speed on a grade. They will help on rolling terrain though.

[Utahclaimjumper]

" Speed is never a priority when climbing,,, getting to the top with everything running well is."..>>>Dan

[dtcerrato]

What UCJ said...

[kyle4501]

I was planning on converting a bus & upgrading to a 450hp 8v92 - I already had the engine & radiator out of a Peterbilt. The Peterbilt radiator was smaller than the 8v71 bus radiator.

I found an ~25 year old factory built motorhome for less $$ than I had already budgeted (& not yet spent ) for my bus conversion. This worked well for me as everything was well executed in the build & the 475hp 8v92 & allison 4 spd work very well together.
I like the simple & redundant systems built in. My Newell is so much nicer than anything I could have built . . .

All that said to say - don't over look options that may enable you to reach a better goal.
Doing the work myself is always satisfying - However, enjoying it NOW is quite nice too.

My wife found the Newell we bought - I had wrongly assumed they were out of my price range. . . .


Hard to beat the sound of Jake brakes on a 2 stroke !!!

[BusNit]

Kyle, I too, love my Newell! Been renovating the interior. I was in the market for a bus conversion myself when this one happen to tick all the correct boxes except paint color.

[kyle4501]

tick all the correct boxes except paint color.

The Rolling Stones said it best
"You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you'll find
You get what you need"