My new L8000 dumper, any suggestions?

timntools

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it hauls the load, but seems very underpowered.
what do you expect from a cummins tho, right? LOL

anywho, the hydros are always on via a pulley attached to the engine along a shaft sticking out thru the front to a pump resting/attached to the plow assembly.

I figure thats gotta be robbing some power, but not sure how to rearrange to bypass.

also, there's gotta be some engine upgrades...

hauled my first load today, @ 18 yards of mud...it was a load. unfortunately we had to start off on a hill and go up forever. I know the ppl behind were pissssed, we did 10mph max for @ a mile.

btw, its an auto.

dunno the engine specs, will get that this weekend.
 

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ok, ebay...

found some injectors on ebay (if they fit my truck)

but it has a huge write up on other mods he did to the truck that theoretically added power to his trucks...

can you guys read this and tell me what you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CUMMINS-8-3-8-3L-C-SERIES-PERFORMANCE-INJECTORS_W0QQitemZ260195635806QQihZ016QQcategoryZ33554QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

CUMMINS 8.3L C SERIES PERFORMANCE INJECTORS

THIS IS A SET OF 6 REBUILT PERFORMANCE INJECTORS WITH THE INSTALLATION KIT FOR THE 8.3L C-SERIES CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINES. THESE INJECTORS WILL FIT THE 12 VALVE 8.3L C-SERIES CUMMINS ENGINES THROUGH 1997. THESE INJECTORS WILL INCREASE THE HORSEPOWER OF THESE ENGINES BY ABOUT 60-80 HP, AND WILL DO SO WITHOUT ANY BLACK EXHAUST SMOKE, AND WITHOUT CREATING ANY EXCESS EXHAUST TEMPERATURE. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THESE INJECTORS WILL DO: I SENT A FORD L8000 CEMENT TRUCK OUT OF OUR FACILITY A FEW MONTHS AGO. THIS TRUCK HAD A GVW RATING OF 52,000 LBS. THIS TRUCK HAD AN ENGINE RATED AT 275 HP/ 860 FT-LBS OF TORQUE WITH AN ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A LONG HILL OUTSIDE OF OUR FACILITY, AND STARTING OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, I COULD ONLY CREST THE HILL AT 35 MPH WHEN THIS TRUCK FIRST ARRIVED. AFTER I INSTALLED THESE PERFORMANCE INJECTORS IN THIS TRUCK, I COULD CREST THE HILL AT 45 MPH WITHOUT ANY BLACK SMOKE. AFTER CHANGING THE TORQUE PLATE IN THE INJECTION PUMP, I COULD CREST THE HILL AT 55 MPH WITHOUT ANY BLACK SMOKE. THE ONLY OTHER MODIFICATION I MADE TO THIS ENGINE WAS DISENGAGING THE TURBOCHARGER WASTEGATE. I ALSO SENT ANOTHER FORD L8000 DUMP TRUCK WITH AN EATON ROADRANGER TRANSMISSION OUT OF OUR FACILITY RECENTLY. THIS TRUCK WAS ALSO RATED AT 275 HP/ 860 FT-LBS OF TORQUE. THIS TRUCK WOULD ONLY CREST THE HILL AT 48 MPH WHEN IT FIRST ARRIVED. AFTER INSTALLING THESE PERFORMANCE INJECTORS AND DISENGAGING THE TURBOCHARGER WASTEGATE, THIS TRUCK CRESTED THE HILL AT 63 MPH, WITH NO BLACK EXHAUST SMOKE. THE REASON WHY I REBUILD INJECTORS INSTEAD OF SELLING NEW INJECTORS IS THAT NEW INJECTORS WILL LOSE 200-300 PSI OF OPENING PRESSURE WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE THOUSAND MILES OR FIRST COUPLE HUNDRED HOURS OF OPERATION DUE TO THE INJECTOR SPRINGS BREAKING IN. THE INJECTOR SPRINGS DO NOT ALL BREAK IN EVENLY, SO YOU GET A PRESSURE VARIANCE FROM INJECTOR TO INJECTOR. REBUILT INJECTORS STAY AT THE PRESSURE THEY ARE SET AT BECAUSE THE SPRINGS ARE ALREADY BROKEN IN. I ALSO MAKE OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THESE INJECTORS THAT RESULT IN A LOT LESS STRESS BEING PUT ON THE INJECTION PUMP. THESE INJECTORS WILL ALSO INJECT FUEL INTO THE CYLINDERS QUICKER THAN STOCK INJECTORS. ON ENGINES THAT ARE RUN UNDER A PARTIAL LOAD, A FUEL ECONOMY INCREASE CAN BE REALIZED WITH THESE PERFORMANCE INJECTORS INSTALLED. ALTHOUGH THESE INJECTORS ARE REBUILT, THEY LOOK LIKE BRAND NEW. THESE INJECTORS INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION KIT, AND COME WITH A ONE YEAR WARRANTY. I ALSO HAVE CUSTOM FUEL INJECTION PUMP TORQUE PLATES AVAILABLE FOR THESE ENGINES, FOR EVEN MORE HORSEPOWER YET. THE COMBINATION OF THESE PERFORMANCE INJECTORS WITH OUR CUSTOM FUEL INJECTION PUMP TORQUE PLATE WILL ALLOW THE 8.3L CUMMINS ENGINES TO MAKE 400 + HP, WITHOUT PRODUCING ANY BLACK EXHAUST SMOKE. WE ARE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN AN AUTHORIZED DEALER IN THE DIESEL FUEL INJECTION BUSINESS FOR 37 YEARS. AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE WERE SELLING OUR DODGE CUMMINS PERFORMANCE INJECTORS THAT WE BUILD AT OUR FACILITY TO BULLY DOG. ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION VOTED OUR FUEL INJECTION ASSEMBLY AND CALIBRATION ROOMS AS THE SECOND BEST IN THE WORLD. A REFUNDABLE CORE CHARGE OF $150 HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SHIPPING CHARGES OF THESE INJECTORS, AND WILL BE REFUNDED THE SAME DAY I RECEIVE YOUR OLD INJECTORS AT OUR FACILITY. PLEASE E-MAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.

NOTE: JUST WANTED TO LEAVE A CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. A GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA JUST PURCHASED A SET OF THESE INJECTORS FOR HIS 1994 DIESEL PUSHER MOTORHOME WITH A 300 HP ENGINE. HE HAD PURCHASED A BANKS STINGER SYSTEM AND HAD IT INSTALLED, BUT WAS RATHER DISAPPOINTED WITH THE POWER INCREASE THE BANKS SYSTEM GAVE HIM FOR THE $2400 PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION PRICE. THE BANKS SYSTEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO INCREASE THE POWER BY 75 HP AND 171 FT-LBS OF TORQUE, BUT EVEN WITH THIS BANKS KIT INSTALLED, THE MOTORHOME STILL STRUGGLED ON HILLS. HE PURCHASED A SET OF INJECTORS FROM US, AND IS ABSOLUTELY TICKLED WITH THE POWER HIS MOTORHOME HAS NOW. HE REPORTED THAT THE THROTTLE RESPONSE IS A LOT BETTER, AND THAT THE MOTORHOME ACCELERATES LIKE A CAR FROM A DEAD STOP. HIS TURBO BOOST INCREASED FROM 31 PSI BEFORE INSTALLING THE INJECTORS TO 39-40 PSI WITH THESE INJECTORS. HE REPORTED NO BLACK EXHAUST SMOKE UNDER THROTTLE. THIS GENTLEMAN LOVES THE WAY HIS MOTORHOME RUNS NOW.

NOTE #2: OUR PERFORMANCE INJECTORS WILL ALSO PASS EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS. A CUSTOMER OF OURS FROM TEMPE, ARIZONA JUST TOOK THE ARIZONA STATE EMISSIONS TEST WITH HIS 5.9L CUMMINS DIESEL PUSHER MOTORHOME. LAST YEAR, WITH STOCK INJECTORS, HE BLEW A 36 ON THE OPACITY TEST. ANYTHING ABOVE A 40 DOES NOT PASS EMISSIONS. WITH OUR 5.9L CUMMINS PERFORMANCE INJECTORS INSTALLED IN HIS MOTORHOME THIS YEAR, HE BLEW A 0.
 

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Holy Crap!!! Dude is in Omaha Neb, one state away from Wyoming, he wants $166.00 to ship 6 injectors to my house?
 

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that's got to be the first Cummins I've ever seen with the turbo on the driver's side of the motor.
you sure that's not one of those brazilian ford motors?
 

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that's got to be the first Cummins I've ever seen with the turbo on the driver's side of the motor.
you sure that's not one of those brazilian ford motors?

I think TC nailed it. Sure does look like a Ford 6.6L or 7.8L diesel.

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That's not a Cummins. Ford did use engines from the farm tractor division in trucks in the '80's, until emission regs stopped that.
 

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I saw that too, it's a 6.6, the 7.8 would be about 4 inches taller. There's still hope, but not a lot.
 

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