Was that 6 superior to the Ford 534 and International 549?
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Some of those old engine were pretty tough- I had a 10-wheel dump with the old "Lincoln Y-block" 332/ Allison automatic, and rebuilt it a couple times, probably had 10 different drivers in it, and couldn't hurt it. Very similar to a regular Y-block but bigger- also had a 2-gear driven cam, so the cam ran "backwards". Also have had 330MD, 361, and 391HD's and worked on 'em all, and a 534SD- as well as Binders with 345, 392, and a 549- another beastly old gasser. The 534 and 549 did like their gas if you pushed 'em hard, but would also show their tailgates to most of the average diesels of the day if you really let them eat- I saw a few guys wise off to folks, passing them with 220 or 250 Cummins and 6-71 238hp Screamers (running wide open) powered trucks, and laughing at them or shooting them the bird, and then get passed right back by those old gassers :confused:
One of the guys had a '69 F-Super Duty with a 534, and had straight pipes with no mufflers that exited to the side right by the mudflaps- if you passed him, he'd split your eardrums when he passed you back :eek:
Funniest one I saw was one of the guys drove an old 50's Diamond-T with a Binder RD501 six in it, a pretty good torque monster (a lot of guys have swapped 501's into early pulling tractors) who always drove in fuel economy mode, and the truck was a bit of a rat that he had bought from a septic service contractor and still had their name on the doors, so you can imagine it's nickname :rolleyes: All the young bucks would pass him and pick on him about it, he'd just grin. So he gets passed one day on "Howard Hill" by a kid in a new Mack with a Maxidyne in it, and gets the bird as he goes by- now this old wreck had one of those big cowcatcher/radiator guard bumpers on it that they like back east, so he kicks it a little, and butts up against the back of the Mack, and proceeds to push him up the hill for about a 1/4 mile- then backs off, pulls out and passes him- holy embarrassment, Batman- nobody gave him any "crap" about his "sh^!box" after that
MAY 31, 2011
