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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 532414" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I spent 34 years in the heavyduty truck business working with all the major players. Everybody makes a pretty good body these days, and the frames are all made by the same folks (Dana). Also did a lot of military power packs as well. Then I spent a good while doing hybrids (till I was sick of the word), and even hydrogen fuel cells. Ever seen a gas turbine powered semi? Or a Gas turbine powered Greyhound bus? I worked on those projects (could not put enough fuel in them to drive 200 miles!!) I've seen more blown up engines than any ten of us put together, and I've watched design teams go bananas when the saw all the oil under the oil pans. Watched everything from a four cylinder to a V16 have a catastropic failure (better on a dyno than in your truck)</p><p> </p><p>There are some things just starting to trickle down right own that will turn trucking upside down. This will eventually find it's way into the generic half ton and three quarter ton. Ten years from now you all will be driving eight and ten speed pickups that you can't even feel a shift in. Engines are gonna start getting smaller again, but have more power with a curve that is nearly flat. Eight cylinder deisels are gonna be a bygone era soon, as the six's are the ones that are making the power while meeting the emission specs. Keep your eyes on CAT and Cummins, as these two have a few tricks up their sleeve that will make everybody else bury their heads in the sand. These power packs are already on the road as an experimental project, and the Fed is really pushing them on it.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 532414, member: 25383"] I spent 34 years in the heavyduty truck business working with all the major players. Everybody makes a pretty good body these days, and the frames are all made by the same folks (Dana). Also did a lot of military power packs as well. Then I spent a good while doing hybrids (till I was sick of the word), and even hydrogen fuel cells. Ever seen a gas turbine powered semi? Or a Gas turbine powered Greyhound bus? I worked on those projects (could not put enough fuel in them to drive 200 miles!!) I've seen more blown up engines than any ten of us put together, and I've watched design teams go bananas when the saw all the oil under the oil pans. Watched everything from a four cylinder to a V16 have a catastropic failure (better on a dyno than in your truck) There are some things just starting to trickle down right own that will turn trucking upside down. This will eventually find it's way into the generic half ton and three quarter ton. Ten years from now you all will be driving eight and ten speed pickups that you can't even feel a shift in. Engines are gonna start getting smaller again, but have more power with a curve that is nearly flat. Eight cylinder deisels are gonna be a bygone era soon, as the six's are the ones that are making the power while meeting the emission specs. Keep your eyes on CAT and Cummins, as these two have a few tricks up their sleeve that will make everybody else bury their heads in the sand. These power packs are already on the road as an experimental project, and the Fed is really pushing them on it. gary [/QUOTE]
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