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Originally Posted by MrE
I agree with Gordon on having an ECM, look at Keith's (rellick) Cummins/Allison combination. With a simple reprogramming of the ECM he went to maximum horse power and from a 5spd to 6spd transmission  . Detroit Diesel went to the 'silver' model in 1981 and DDEC 1 was introduced in 1985. My 1986 does not have DDEC, if it did it probably wouldn't be sitting in my driveway with a seized motor.  |
Jon, my engine is still full mechanical we just changed out the fuel plate to get the extra hp, the transmission is electronic.
My diesel engine mechanic (detroit guy from 1970 and still doing it) was saying they had alot of issues with the ddec1 and warned to either have mechanical or ddec2 or better, and has changed out alot of the systems. On the mechanical engines they had alarm stats that will shut the engine down in the event a over temp or low oil pressure happens. Just info to pass along