Cost of brake work

[muddog16]

Len, that price sounds pretty good and from what i remember those hubs are darn heavy!

Lee, the pattern is from about a 1000 busnut ideas that everyone has come up with, I've had very few orignal idea's.  I may not be capable of an original idea The steering wheel came from Ron the Bus nut, the dash is from CPI, Mac did a great job on that I'm pretty proud of it!

Tom, I'll look into that bypass valve that sounds very interesting, this engine is the Double "0" 92 model, (they fixed most of the oil leaks) and was only rated at 445 hp, when Jasper did the live dyno it only showed 435, I think I can live with it, its not a DDEC, its the older style, I'm still working on the accessory drive stuff. Thanks for the good words!

Pat

[midwayinc]

 I have several good friends that work for construction outfits they are very well versed in working with semi's, heavy equipment and the like. Do to the fact they are not in competion with their employers they usually will pull a side job if the money is right on the weekend etc... Not a bad choice if you do some checking around on the qualifcations of the indiviual your working with, and are not overly concerned with warranty. Many of these guys are really good at their trade. Good Luck

[TomC]

Muddog16- My 1980 truck with the 8V-92TA was also the Double "O" 92 aimed at owner/operators.  When I installed the bypass blower valve it wasn't so much the power increase but .2-.3 mpg better.

Lee Bradley-  the turbo is on top of the engine and the blower is in the valley of the engine.  Two separate devices.  The blower is mechanically driven (typically 2:1 ratio to the engine) and has the option of installing the bypass valve.  The only turbo I know that would have a bypass valve on is like the one now installed on my bus.  We used an early Series 60 12.7 turbo with a pressure waste gate.  As consequence, turbo boost happens at just 10mph.  Good Luck, TomC