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Originally Posted by CFECO
How they did it in the "Old" days, back when round was cool.
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Cool truck brother!
I had two Old Schoolers, an '84 KW K100 that after a tune up and 3.36s did 10 mpg pulling an empty 53 foot dry van from San Diego to Allentown, Pa.
My '85 KW W900 Flat Top w/ a 3406B Cat, 15 speed and 3.90s on tall rubber was a pig in comparison ( 4.8 - 5.2 loaded, 6 mpg empty ) but the folks loved that one going down the road. It was a handsome rig. Too bad it was a bad business case.
If I had to do it all over again, it would have been a KW T600 with a Detroit or a Cummins N14, a programmer, high flow exhaust from manifold to tailpipe, a better turbo and enough gear to do 105 mph. Either that or a Pete 372 set up the same way ( the Winnebago had excellent aero ). Driven with some sense, I know that either one would do 7-7.5 all the time with a van.