1979 Kenworth W900 w/ KTA 600! 19 Liter 600 HP CUMMINS!!
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Taking my dad’s 1979 Kenworth W900 with a KTA 600 in it out for a drive. We were told the 19 Liter Cummins came stock with 600 HP. We have also been told you can get 1,000 HP out of then without having to take the engine apart.
12 minutes of video and not one Jake hit?
The KTA (turbo'ed/aftercooled) was rated at 600. I knew a guy from Phoenix who had one in his new cabover KW; ran like a rocket ship (at about 3 mpg...)
With an advertised 1,650 lbs/ft of torque -- also an unusual rating, since no transmission could adequately handle such torque ratings back then. Although, the actual torque rating was closer to about 1,900 lbs/ft (or 100 lbs/ft per liter). Therefore, this variation not only made 100 horses per cylinder, but also 100 lbs/ft of torque per liter!
Back then diesel was 50 cent a gal too
Thanks for the video, brings back memories.
I owned a 1977 359 with a kta 525 ,she was juiced up a little.
I went through 3 sets of drivers license in about 10 months.
That was a heavy engine, a fuel guzzler, but a blast to drive.
beautiful. that monster is worth more now than new
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@@lukeheigle494 🤣
the KTA Cummins started at 450 hp, then there was the line haul 525 hp, and the 600 hp. The main difference was in the injectors and turbos. Pittsburgh power has these cranking out 900 hp dependable but theyre terrible on fuel and not a money maker unless youre heavy hauling making 10, 15, or 20 dollars per mile.
Your totally correct on those HP ratings. Actually 3 mpg isn't too bad for that size engine. These were called the brute. I remember reading about these in American overdrive when I was a kid.
A little more to it....the CPLs are different from the low to high hp. The 450 had more compression and a different cam setting if I remember correctly. The KTA can mpg better if it's tuned and driven right. Can outrev a V8 Cat or Mack despite the size.
These are used as generators for train sets in Indian trains.
4 of them 490hp units producing 500kva each. Two on each end.
Yeah a older guy up the road from my shop had one in build up to retirement and retirement years that was 960, absolute animal of a machine
Heard some will get over 4 mpg , maybe 4.2 mpg , probably 3 mpg with your foot on it , they are so much power you don't need to have much throttle once up to speed.. heard they easily get a thousand plus HP reliably turned up a bit and still 3 mpg
Dad's smile when he picks you up. Priceless :) He's lovin it as much as you..... Cheers
A friend of mine had one we were both hauling meat out of the Midwest up to Boston this was around 1975 or 76 I was bowling a grade in Pennsylvania when he passed me in my little lol 350 Cummins like he was empty I never did see him after that he was unloaded and gone by the time I got there the only downside to that engine that KT a 600 is that they held 70 quarts of oilAnd that engine was a little heavy but who cares with all that power sure wish I had one nowadays
Still looks damn good and sounds damn good keep riding it
Beautiful truck sounds amazing 1150 Cummins was a monster
I love the old paintjob
Man my neighbor drove a KW just like this, you wouldn’t think brown could be pretty but she was, and had the KTA under the hood too. I’d only heard of 350’s and 400’s at the time in early 80’s so when he said it was 600 hp that blew my 13 yr old mind, and the sound, wow. Super nice rig and thanks for sharing 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
60k views.. congrats on cracking into the UA-cam algorithm!
Thing sounds super nice just at idle. And it’s got man stacks, Jesus!
We have three K19's on stationary duty pulling pumps to drain water from a river valley we farm in. They're set at 525. They're monsters up on a concrete pedestal, it's hard to imagine one crammed under a truck hood. Sweet ride.
i hear a faint sound of eastbound and down watching this.
K19 is a pretty serious plant in a truck man! Cool stuff!
682 70 that’s a lot of motor, if I had $ I’d have a bunch of classic big trucks. Mack is a fave
I was waiting for the Jake Brake. That would have been icing on the cake!
Might not even have Jakes, it was optional and sometimes an aftermarket install.
It actually does have jakes but for some reason we didn’t think to turn them on. We will have to make another video with it!
Man I wish I had the cash to take this one off your hands. It is very clean
I have a ‘79 W900A with the CAT 3408 V8 in it. It’s got powered up. Beast of a motor. Love the old engines. Rolls coal, super loud, noice
My question is, was this always a daycab or has the sleeper been removed? Big power and a long wheelbase on a daycab tractor of that age would be VERY rare....
Those lo-top 36" bunks would have been pretty common around '79. It already has the wetline. That would make a really nice loboy horsie. I move equipment, that's how I view life.
It looks to be by the rear of the cab unless someone did some awesome body work
@@codysmith5671 always been a day cab. No bunk seam
A Days Polishing and Waxing and that Truck would Look Like Brand New
Bust out the Meguair's!!
I don't think that's the point. Remember this truck is from 1979. Sometimes leaving the paint as it is tells more about the history of the truck. This is one of those cases.
yeh, go ahead and turn it up and ruin it. that`s the answer to everything, turn it up, over fuel it and made it run hotter burn up the transmission and rear-ends, that`s real smart. I drove a KT powered frieghtliner in the 80`s coast to coast pulling a refer. lots of power, smooth running built to last a long time, leave the fuel pump alone
You are going to appreciate having a video with your dad more than the truck. Not that the truck isn't cool! Thank you for capturing that for us and you
Nice truck and sweet running badboy kta 600hp. Old school is the best.
Here in Australia , the 19 litre Cummins is called the QSK and is Usually rated at 750 bhp . and 2950 ft/lb . Road Train Engine .
I think you will find Qsk is not a kta19. Related but a more modern version with electrnics
@@grumpystruckshop3807 . Due to Emissions , even the Electronic QSK Engine is not permitted into Urban Areas . Let alone the KTA versions . Perhaps not even available any more .
I envy you, your dad and your relationship, and the cool stuff you guys have
Not trying to be a dick, but NEVER envy another peron. They have their insecurities and problems, rest assured...
Kenworth is so hard to tell a year they all look the same for 50 years
The headlights can be some of the dead giveaways, you can usually tell the decade at least with the headlights, at least I can
Forget back in it's day, that 40 ish year old truck will still easily eat alot of trucks out there for lunch today!
That tree is getting some direct CO2 for O2 conversion!
These branches next to the exhaust will die, if you treat them to long, not only due to the exhaust fumes but the heat as well. Saw that on my tree when I let my truck idle too long.
Except for all the soot unburnt fuel and heat sure
nice. i got a 75 autocar and a couple diamond reos on my channel
The KW900 79' Is A Work Horse A Classic Day Cab Or Sleeper How Many Are Still On The Road
Nice old KW !!!! Had a 86 379 Pete with a KTA 600 in it with a 6x4 trans .. what a left lane truck ,, got to love the old trucks ,, yes it did not come with the KTA in it was a crash truck rebuilt!!!
I have a 79 Kenworth with a KT 600 cummins came from the factory with a 5 x 4 trans 60'' bunk 248 wheelbase , I bought when it was 2 years old garage kept its whole life it hasn't been on the road in over 25 years & it looks like the day i parked it, never left out side unless it was on the road, believe it or not back in the 80s the truck thieves would steal a W900 or a 359 peet with a KT in it it in a minute & you would never see it again, Old time truckers still talk about my W900 & I get calls all the time do you still have that Kenworth are you ready to sell it & I tell them no and they get mad, maybe someday maybe...
That is awesome, we would love to see yours!
when you want to sell i have cash and iwouldmlove to give it to you please keep me in mind
Quit blowin that horn, that motor provides some beautiful music....
Don’t tell a trucker to quit blowin his horn!
Patrick Bruno I’m a US citizens and really hate the new trucks because of their damn engines with all that tech and emissions bullshit. We got a cummins ISX15 trucks at my job and they aren’t bad, but others are worse like the Paccar engines. I remember driving a paccar T880 Kenworth dump truck and it had a lot of problems with its emissions/tech bullshit. I’m a CAT engine guy and a older Cummins engines guy. Detroit 60 series is ok I guess. I’ll drive one of our old 60 series Detroit wreckers every now and then. In my opinion, ultimate truck engine is the Caterpillar. Just a perfect engine. All the power, torque, reliability is there and it’s got no emissions and techy bullshit. Cat C15, 3406, 3406e. Best big truck engines! N14 Cummins too. Also older engines like M11 Cummins, Big Cam Cummins, 8v92 Detroits. All old school is fantastic.
Patrick Bruno Fitzgerald glider kits still there I think
@@JacksonGuitarsPlayer03 They dont sell gliders anymore..Just have their pete dealerships.
lee johnson Fitzgerald Gliders? Damn that sucks
A very cool truck and with that rare six hundred cummins makes quite the package, does your dad show the truck ?
1976 w 900 VIT w/KTA 600 turned up to 850 hp by Cummins for special experiment with UNION 76, FIRESTONE Tires, Bendix Brakes and Fram Air Filters along with a few other companys to test products in HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING! 2 years of testing and adjustments we were able to get 4.3 MPG pulling over 199 ton of products. Lucky for me, Union 76 paid for 60% of the fuel and Firestone paid for the tires!! Oil wis experimental and paid for by Union 76 also. Blue oil for some time. Engine tore down 500,000 and did not show any wear at all.
I Want to buy it before he ruin the TRANSMISSION. LET ME KNOW
Even if u borrowed money from every friend and family member you had it wouldn’t be close to Enuf money for this truck
@@jjp1117 how do you know what he's has and doesn't your no him
Abel Trevino maybe yes I am him
@@jjp1117.... that would be true, if it were the 923 (extended hood) with the 60" flat top sleeper, but not so much for the 900 and just a day cab.
I don't believe they let that truck sit for for that long! It started right up! And looks in good shape!
When trucks were trucks!
Not like the shit they make today.
Unpopular opinion but it sounds better at a normal idle and not loping
Good video! I hardly know anything regarding American trucks - but the sound of these alone is immense.
Great to see it still in use.
Quit babying that thing. Those engines are indestructible. Give it some RPMs!!!
He iz a lucky son,that iz a beautiful Kenworth,I think that the 70's Kenworths are the best to me,I wish could in ride in one of those Kenworths,that would be cool,that would be a blast for me.
I set buy this guy at pratt ks truck show super good people!!
Damn Pratt Kansas huh 🤔 that’s where I was born back in 1982 lol 😂
What an amazing piece of history,someone with a lot of cash specd that truck when it was new
Fuel was cheap, bigger was better in the days before engineers got paid millions of dollars, the 60's had muscle cars and the 70's had over built one ton trucks, cool stuff
@Cargo tool shop This statement couldn't be anymore true. That's how it was back then. Wish I could've experienced it but I'm a good bit younger
@@cargotoolshop5319hey man it’s not the engineers that killed the diesels it the cali emissions standards that ruined the diesels, engineers just had to change them to keep a job
That's awesome truck, little coffin sleeper would make it perfect, that truck is a true gem, I can only dream of pulling my n14 out for a kta19, the old timers that I talked to that had them say I would get 3mpg until I learned how to drive it and then I would get 5 to 5.5
Have a ktta in a 359 and it gets 2mpg
Smiles per gallon lol
I talked to a guy that drove a cabover GMC with a 12V71 480 horsepower and he said at best it got 3 MPG
That kta will and probably smoke the n14 Cummins just saying
@@stevegale6000 I would hope so, the KTA makes so much more torque that the horse power numbers are no longer relevant to the equation of how much power it makes, like comparing a 400hp Dodge truck to a 400hp ISX in a Kenworth
Special thanks to Mom and Dad.
I often wondered why do big diesels smoke like that at high revs with no load? I see big tractors do that too
She's a beauty
Awesome truck!! True survivor!! An Animal Engine and sweet paint. Very cool to see a unmolested rig like that.
Love ya brotha this moment felt was propa as fuck bless you my guy✊️
Bad ass truck I’m from medicine lodge cool to see local guys on UA-cam 👍
One of the beast engines from back then
Thats one beautiful old k dub
Add a new studio sleeper to her do some cross country trips would love to see that hot and bothered in the hills come out to bc Canada please
Reminds me of a special project that we help build, a W900 with a KTTA 700 and a CLBT Allison for a heavy haul application, running on a exemption cert.
Yup those are one of a kind I wish I had that kta600 in my 359 that thing is bad
Australia had heaps of them
Nothing fucking special
tuff ute not timed right maybe. Those motors and systems are old,, maybe replace the fuel lines.
The Qsk have taken over now 19 litre Kt
Mining industry in Australia
Has hundreds of them
You can't really fuck the timing up on those motors
It will be a fuel issue somewhere if it's missing or a fucked injector
tuff ute it’s times by a key. If it’s put in backwards you can. The fuel lines could be drawing up inside. Rubber does that when it gets old.
Hell....That is a truck and I love it. Btw. Thats cool recording there too :-) Regards from Denmark.
That cummins sounds badass, love how she puuurrrrsss.
Big man thing do u want to sell this truck....???? let me know
Fine pc of machinery, took my driving test in an 80 model but only had a 350 cummins
I learned on an 80 with a cat & a 9 .
Sounded so good when she busted off with that blop blop Cummins idle
Great truck would like to have this truck in jamaica
Most satisfying and humble truck video on UA-cam 👍🏼
Great video, Thanks for the memories. Too bad it's not the 923 with the "big hood"... they're worth 3 - 4 times now, then when new, especially with any of the "big three" under the hood. Kind of a somewhat rare KW, just the same... having a KTA under a short (standard) hood.... most of the KW's ordered with either the KTA 550, and especially the 600, had the extended hood to allow for the larger(deeper)radiator and the fact that the majority of the KTA powered KW's were ordered by OTR (Over The Road) Owner Operators, so they wanted the "big hood", anyways... same for the O/O's who ordered with the 1693T & TA Cat, as well as with the V12 Detroits.
I can't believe that truck only has a 10spd in it!??! I have never known KW or Pete to put a 10 spd behind either of the KTA's (550 & 600hp).. they couldn't handle the torque, nor the hp. Usually, many of the O/O's opted for "sticks", and I think the only single stick at the time that would handle either engine was the new 14513 (Fuller).
I had two extended hood KW's (923) I bought new, a 74 and an 82 (last year of the "A" model KW), both with V12's and dbl Over 6x4 sticks. Get a Buffer and some good Maguires polish and some Canauba wax, and polish that ole girl up.... the top of the hood is definitely needing some TLC. Enjoy your ride.
Thanks for all the info! Our KW does have a 15 speed though!
What about the Cat 3408 (18 liters/4 cycle) and the Detroit 8V92TA (12 liters/2 cycle)? Those were also massively sized engines that will need to be used with the extended hood.
@@ClassicTVMan1981X..... Thanks for your comment/question. The 8-92 does not take take up as much physical space as the 3408, nor is it as heavy. The 3408 equals the same volumetric displacement as the 12-92 does (18.1 L).
Physical engine size of the 8-92, as well as its weight is nearly identical to the 8-71, so there are no issue's occupying space under the standard KW900 hood.
the bad thing about a KTA was no one would warranty a transmission or drive axles because it was too much horsepower for the time. Those engines were originally for generators, stationary use not for trucks.
Actually, these engines were a collaboration between Cummins Engine Company and Japanese heavy-machinery manufacturer Komatsu. Originally developed as powerplants for heavy machinery(Komatsu), hence the "K" designation. These engines easily eclipsed the torque ratings of the 12-series Fuller RoadRanger transmissions and u-joints prevalent at the time. Yes, some versions were also utilized in stationary applications such as diesel-powered electric generators.....
They was also design to go in small locomotives
1150 versatile tractor
@@sampenis6963 Versatile 1080, (Big Roy,) and since you could turn them up, the Big Bud was in for some serious competition in the power department. Shame Big Roy never made it to market.
Dang I like to see more bad ass coal trails 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥 8:06
Definitely too nice
God Bless America. You won't find that in no-ko, iran, china or russia. It sure looks like Dad took really good care of her. That would be one to buy. I'll bet there's a pristine grain trailer around somewhere too!!! It appears as though you have a really nice family and operation goin'.
The KTA Cummins engine produced 600-950 HP, according to the Cummins Reman brocure I used to have. These were discontinued as a engine option in 1985, in new model production trucks.
By 1985, 600+ hp and 1,650+ lbs/ft torque engines were still mostly unheard of.
And now, 600+ HP and 2050 ft lbs of torque is a reality.....if you can keep the engine together.
Reminds me of hauling corn to a feedlot in western Kansas back in 2006. Pulled a grain trailer 5 days a week for 4 months that Spring and Summer.
Really cool truck, nothing better looking than a day cab too.
@Space Pope no, I like the day cabs like this one.
Beautifull clean ol
Kenworth !!! I would be rite proud to get under a load and head out to anywhere usa and deliver on time in that gorgeous old girl ! Love those tall mufflers she's a keeper for shure
1150 cubic inches
1 head for each cylinder.
stock 600 HP
there is really no need to turn it up.
No other engine could hold a candle to a KT.
😊😊
Awesome truck.👌👌
omg 19ltr in a 6cyl :-)
Sweet truck boys! Would love to see it in person
This brings back memories. I drove for a guy who had Detroit 8v92's set at 430 that pulled pretty good. Got to drive another guy's Kenworth kta set at 525 to pull a load of potatoes from Burley, Idaho
to Simplots in Caldwell, Idaho. Was at 80,000 lbs and climbed Hammett hill like it wasn't there. Engine sounded like a locomotive. Real ego trip for a young 26 year old kid. From what I was told one for the main problems was engine was so heavy and I think I heard they had problems with the crankshaft. As Bob Hope said "thanks for the memories".
The old kt (around 1976 &older) had short head bolts &the block cracker , most of them are gone, then look out for 1980 to about 1982 the block were thin in rear right corner &cracked BAD
@catmodelt
Was it a 3408 Cat?
That was a horse too.
Did you ever see a Detroit 12-71 with the twin Schweitzer turbos. One of those passed me up on the Blues in Oregon like I was standing still.
You reminded me of a moose story.
A friend of mine saw a moose standing in the middle of the freeway on I90 up in northern Idaho.
He stopped to let him cross and while he was stopped his air dryer cycled. This pissed off the moose and he attacked his truck. Said moose did about $2000.00 worth of damages in about 20 seconds the casually crossed over into trees.
Jim said he had a hard time trying to convince his boss what just happened😒
This
please please get the tyres changed on this beautiful truck. they are wayyyy too perished to be safe!
Do more videos on that orange one love KW go ahead drive
Can we hear the air horns that are on the roof and what size stacks and where did you get that visor
We bought it how it is, so I’m not sure where the visor came from. The stacks are 8” though
Mom I want one
Awesome!
Love those EG'S performance add ons
We need more history on this rig........
nice truck
Had a friend that drove one like that with a big house on the back. I hated that truck! Here I was with a CAT tuned up and he'd lop my ears off on the mountains. I could keep up okay flatland but he'd get 3-4 miles on me if we ran hills! 🤣🤣 Sweet ride y'all!
I had always heard that the K model Cummins was called the "Cat Killer."
That 1150 has about 300 cubes on a 3406, it better out pull it.
Man that brings back memories I had a 76 with a set of sticks A5 and A4 the good old days
Man if you can drive a 5 n 4 or a Mack quad box, you can drive anything ever built.
I had the pleasure of driving one from Artesia ice it had the wick turned up 700 horse ! Thank you Bill Frampton!
Kta19 gensets made about 550kva max in Australia 50hz 1500rpm which isn't to bad for back then. The new generation is the qsx23 which is 825kva not bad for some common rail and extra cubes
Qsk23 I meant
They don't make quality like that no more...look how old that rig is and it still purrs...wow..she sounds good... about 10 years ago I was driving a sterling city cab 3 axle with the big 9000 Mercedes Benz motor and the truck was only a year or 2 old and the motor let go... 😂 What crap...
That is a awesome truck. Thanks for sharing ✌🏼😎
Sounds Hellacious!!!!! awesome truck
I'm very surprised it doesn't have a 13 or 15 speed transmission....
It does have a 15 speed
@@WeberAuto23must have the deep reduction switch on the dash, instead of the shifter..... didn't see a flip switch on the knob.....
Yes you’re right. The deep reduction switch is on the dash!
Been a while since I seen a tractor set up that way......at least 20 years
Hey just wondering are ya able to drive that rig?
Very nice KW and yes looks good without a sleeper
Is he going to sell or let it sit?
Boy what a growl
now that’s a real truck not just some cheap dodge trying to sound like a real truck
rather have this than one with egr and computer-monitoring trucks
with governors and tattle tells with no hp or torque
We agree!
That's a great truck 👍 Thanks for sharing.