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  1. rustystud

    Installing A Detroit 8v71 or 8v92 engine into a 2.5 ton or 5 ton M54A2

    Sorry. I gave a lot of my old tools away since my son will never use them. Not much need for a lawyer to be "running the rack" on an old Detroit.
  2. rustystud

    Installing A Detroit 8v71 or 8v92 engine into a 2.5 ton or 5 ton M54A2

    Now that sounds really cool ! Never heard of "Clean Cams Technology Systems" . Wished I had when I still had a chance to pick-up some good running 8V92's out of some fishing boats here.
  3. rustystud

    Installing A Detroit 8v71 or 8v92 engine into a 2.5 ton or 5 ton M54A2

    Your state must not be as "anal" as Washington State is then. Anything smoking out here gets a ticket like right now. Also the newer "V" engines ran better for emissions then the old inline engines did. I still have my set of gauges to run the rack on the 71's and 92's . I almost threw them...
  4. rustystud

    Installing A Detroit 8v71 or 8v92 engine into a 2.5 ton or 5 ton M54A2

    No, not Husky but the real IHC company. They got sold to Husky in 1982 I believe. Your not the Mike who lost his ring finger installing an engine are you ?
  5. rustystud

    Installing A Detroit 8v71 or 8v92 engine into a 2.5 ton or 5 ton M54A2

    I worked on the "screaming Jimmies" in the late 1970's at IHC trucks in Tukwilla, WA. You could increase horsepower, but it took more than just a tweek here and there. The "Marine" engines could make 485 HP . The "485HP TIB " built by "Johnson and Towers" used lower compression pistons, longer...
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