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High Performance Diesel Engines
What is it that you want out of your truck? Our goal at Pittsburgh Power Inc. is to help you love your truck. I know “LOVE” may be too strong of a word for many owner-operators to comprehend when relating to a semi- truck. However, after worki... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
WOW, do we have some good news for owners of 2003 and newer trucks with engines equipped with EGR systems. However, before I get to the good news I want to tell you about why we build engines the way we do. During this past year we have had 4 trucks... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
It’s that time of the year again where owner-operators get together to snowmobile with each other. The date this year is arriving March 2nd 2017 and departing on Monday March 6th 2017. We will be riding at Bear Lake Utah, which is in the northeas... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Our new Full Tilt ISX Cummins intake manifold for the 2014 and newer ISXs is doing just what it was designed to do; improve air flow and evenly distribute it to all 6 cylinders, especially cylinders 1, 5 and 6. The stock intake manifold doesn’t dis... -
High Performance Diesel Engines
Let's turn the hands of time back to 2003 when the EGR engines came out. I was the first person to write about building glider kits with 2002 or older engines, buying older trucks from 1995 through 2002 and refurbishing them, or keeping your older tr... -
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 ...