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The Dallas Truck Show:
The Dallas Truck Show: Even though the show’s attendance overall was down slightly, our booth was always filled with owner-operators. There is a tremendous amount of interest growing in our ability to equip you or your favorite shop with our remo... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Do you have a favorite mechanic in your hometown that does the majority of work on your truck, however, he is NOT able to tune your ECM, program the ECM or diagnose problems via the ECM? Pittsburgh Power can now help you and your mechanic. We have ... -
Have You Noticed The Black Coating Inside Your Fuel Tanks?
We have talked about this in the past few years, and why diesel fuel turns black in your fuel tanks and leaves a black coating in the tank. This coating is extremely hard to remove, we have tried steaming, bleach, parts cleaning solvent, many differ... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
What do you think about this; we just ordered 6 cylinder packs from Caterpillar for a NXS Acert Cat engine and as most of you know the cylinder packs come pre-assembled. Most mechanics just clean the block and slide in the 6 cylinder packs, not know... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
A new revelation has just taken place at Pittsburgh Power this past week. Michael Niss out of Wisconsin has been searching for 11 miles per gallon for the past 3 years. When I meet Michael for the first time he had a 386 Pete with a PACCAR Engine p... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
The Louisville Truck Show is now over for another year and it was wonderful to meet all of our owner operator friends. I must say this show is like a family reunion, being we have been working the show for the past 25 years. The attendance was down... -
High Performance Diesel Engines April
Back in the 1980’S Cummins Engine Company made a .013 thicker head gasket for engine blocks that were resurfaced. It was an ingenious idea, because as the block is resurfaced the compression ratio of the piston is increased because it’s now clos... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
“DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP”: We have all heard this saying, and this past fall, I had the opportunity to tour the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. In one of the buildings, those five words are written using 3-foot-tall letters. In the trucking ...