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High Performance Diesel Engines
Here at Pittsburgh Power we believe in new ideas and innovations that help to serve the owner-operator which is why we test new products every year. Generally, these products are designed to make trucks more reliable, more efficient, and more profita... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
There’s some big news coming out of Ontario regarding a crackdown on emissions tampering and deleted trucks. According to the Ontario Trucking Association, Ontario will become the leader in North America for enforcing heavy truck emission rules. St... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
One amazing aspect of the diesel engine business is you never know what is coming through the door, or what the cat dragged in. When you have the attitude, anything is possible. People with trucks and diesel-powered equipment know that you must be r... -
Airplane Stuntman Turned Owner-Operator
As we travel through life in this trucking industry, we have the opportunity to meet many very interesting people. The weekend of October 4,5,6 Pittsburgh Power had a booth at the “Made In America” trade show in Indianapolis, In. Unfortunately, ... -
Radiators, Liner Protrusion, and Max Mileage
Do you think all radiators are created equal and built to the same specifications? Please don’t ever think that. Original equipment radiators are built to the minimum requirements because the average grade in the USA is 3 percent. Can you believe... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Testing products with owner-operators; for 42 years I have found that owner-operators will tell you the truth about how a product performs on their truck. There is no B.S., if the product makes a change, good or bad, they will tell you. Nobody know... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
We have some exciting news for our Max Mileage Fuel Catalyst. We’re now bottling the Catalyst in our shop in Pittsburgh. From now on we should have no trouble keeping up with demand. We can fill 5 bottles at a time and can produce hundreds of bott... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
If you build it right, maintain it, it just might last you a lifetime! 25 years ago, a young man from the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania came into my office and said he wanted to spec out a new Marmon tri-axle logging truck that would carry the ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Old School Trucking: this article is about old trucks, old ways of driving, turbo boost gauges and pyrometers, torsional dampers and one new product, Mileage Max Fuel Catalysis.Every day on the telephone I’m amazed at how many owner-operators do NO... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
I, Andrew Wilson, the marketing guy at Pittsburgh Power attended the 2019 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville for the first time and wow, what a show it was this year. With over 1,000,000 Sq.-Ft. of show space, it would be a challenge to see ever... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Driving for fuel mileage, the trucking industry says that the driver of the truck is responsible for about 33% of the fuel mileage. I disagree, I think the driver is responsible for about 66% of the fuel mileage. Now let me explain why I feel that ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Be careful squeezing the nickel when it comes to preventative maintenance on the truck that makes your living possible and supplies your family with a car, food, and a roof over their heads. What is the most important item in your life? This torsion... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
If you’ve listened to our radio show, the Pittsburgh Power Hour on Road Dog Trucking Sirius/XM Ch. 146, you would know how difficult it can be to diagnose a problem over the phone. Recently we had a customer call who’s 2007 Detroit DDEC V equippe... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Welcome owner operators and students, I have never started an article like this because I don’t really know where these end up. Tonight, I was informed that some vocational schools are using the articles to teach their students my way of building ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Many of us who have been in the trucking industry all our lives, and even some younger people, have a fascination for antique trucks. There’s something special about the rebuilding of “Old Iron,” a Class 8 truck from the mid 1970’s and older... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
You gotta love an “A ” Model Kenworth! 359 Petes also! This article is about a very special 1982 A model Kenworth owned and built by Lavern Cross of Middlebury, Indiana. The Cross family goes way back in trucking, back to the days of the Big C... -
Our Parts Department
Bruce Mallinson developed Pittsburgh Power around a culture of knowledge, innovation, and being the go-to resource in the field of high performance diesels. One of our most valued resources is our knowledge of high performance diesel parts. In fact, ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
The Big Cam IV engines are great to work with, especially the later 88 NT’s. The only problem these engines have is the low flow cooling system. They can easily overheat in demanding situations, particularly in the summer heat. Peter Sharp... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
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A piece of history left me today, something that I have owned and cherished for 47 years, a vehicle that changed my life when I was 22 years old. A silver 1966 Corvette Coupe that had 19,000 miles on the odometer when I purchased it in 1971. The mec... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Dry diesel fuel, many of you know that twice the aromatics, sulphur, and paraffin have been removed from today’s diesel fuel and gasoline. Forrest Lucas of Lucas Oil and I were speaking at a seminar in California and he told me that I should be us...