horsepower on a dt466

Anonymous-0 · Apr 23, 2009

My boss has a dt 466 in a single axle truck and he thinks it needs more power I think it does too what can we do for it to wake it up a little. It has a rebuilt engine, new radiator and good exhaust. the injection pump is a rotary that the injector line outlets are a 90*offset to the pump drive and the cover says international harvester. thanks for now.

Wardner · Apr 24, 2009

I own a 1982 S1954 Tandem axle truck that I purchased new. When I was using it daily, it ran at its design GVW of 48,000 lbs. I never like the rotary pump and changed it out for an inline pump. That made a difference. I didn't do anything else.

Ya, it was a slow truck (62mph max) but it was only traveling mornings and evenings; to and from worksites. I couldn't see spending another $10,000 for a larger truck.

You have never seen slow until you attach a 20 ton tag loaded with a 40,000 lb Taylor forklift. There were some long hills on the Interstate where I had to downshift to 3rd gear on the 13 speed RoadRanger. Fortunately, I didn't have to haul the forklift much.

For the most part, the slow speed didn't bother me. The exception was in CT where the DOT liked to stop me and escort the truck to the scales. They always thought the truck was grossly overweight.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 24, 2009

The truck is a really good truck but when the truck is loaded and pulling the skidsteer and the attachments it is probably 40000#-50000#, maybe a little more and it gets left in the dust by the semi and the pickup, It sure slows the trips down. It doesn't need much just enogh to where the thing will keep up and we don't have to stop every time there a slight hill and wait for the truck. thanks.

ejr-IA · Apr 25, 2009

Find someone that knows how to turn a American Bosch pump up and go for it.

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