I bought my 85 Pete when I was 34 I am 62 now we are still trucking 855 13 speed

I think the 855 is the best engine ever made. You can’t beat the sound, the smell just love it..

Over 2 million miles running an n14 celect plus. My opinion that's the best engine on the road except for injector problems

I've had both. The Cummins revs higher, is simpler and cheaper to fix, the Cat has a better torque rise, great sound and at 893ci, bigger. The supercharged Cummins was rated at 275 hp or 300 hp and it was nicknamed the Iron Lung.

Right on Coltan, being from the PNW originally, I love this stuff. My uncle hauled logs for 32 yrs. Some big bid timber being hauled off some very steep mountain roads. White knuckle moments for sure.

I have the 855 400 big cam in my gmc general, and I'm HOOKED. I 100% agree, especially with the retarding power of their Jakes.

The mechanical N14 with Jake’s is the best of the best engine u can ever get

I drive a big cam IV daily. I have a 379 glider. Great engine. My pickup is a 93 f350 7.3 idi non turbo. I like things simple. I can't stand all the complexities of the new diesels. I'm looking to get a 7.3 gas soon haters gonna hate. Keep up the good content

Excellent video and assessment . I am definitely a Cummins guy because of the cost and availability of parts. I love my Jake's and my brakes love them to. Easy to drive and pulls almost as hard as a Cat.

I’ve been working on w900 with n14. Customer found it in a field nothing works had been sitting for years with old fuel popped new battery’s in it and it just cranked right up! Good sounding engine too!

That certainly was the theme back in that era of the Cummins vs the Cat with rebuild costs and same applies now if working on those now older engines from what I understand. However all that seems to have changed with the newer Cummins when it comes to insane prices for a rebuild and very poor reliability due to design issues but more so the pollution system causing the early demise of the engine as per heads cracking and so on. Cat started the down hill route reliability and cost wise with the ACERT but then really went to crap with the DPF system. The main take away is that both Cummins and Cat HAD good engines and then the government stuck their nose up the tailpipe and ruined them all. As of yet here in western Canada there are shops and supplier backup that will lighten the weight of the Cummins powered truck but that ends any warranty and I am told dealers will not take them in on trade, no doubt the clock is ticking on this all coming to an end up here as well like the big GOV hammer that hit you to the south. With our weather and remote locations trucks have to keep running 24/7 all winter when there is no access to electricity to plug in and that is a major killer to the DPF system from what I hear and all the derate crap that ensues.

That heeler though😂 I’ve got a blue and she’s just as aggressive for attention 🤣

another great video. If you wouldn’t mind doing one about how u started on your own and things to know to start your own repair businesses I would be very interested. I also got my 6.0 for a steal you inspired me lol.

I still drive my 855 in a 85 K100 and yes the jake is unreal

You forgot about some of the best Cummins engines, but since you are a little bit young I will let that go. The small cam NTA 420 was a powerhouse for sure. Also the KTA 450, 525, and 600 where very good and powerful engines. They were 1155 ci. engines. I agree with you on the cost of ownership. Cummins is a very affordable engine.

Mine is also a 625, best series

For the small cam Cummins you get an FFC block you take the camshaft from a big bore 220 and it will run

I'm not exactly an n14 fan simply because I've seen multiple of them yeet rods for no apparent reason. That being said, they're unbelievably easy to work on and I'd probably put one of them or a series 60 in my 359 whenever I'm ready to upgrade to an electronic engine. My small cam spun the crank gear so idk if im gonna fix it, buy a big cam, or just go ahead and get an electronic engine for it.

The 855 sounds better out the exhaust pipe, the 3406B engine noise sounds better, if that makes sense. What about overhaul intervals? I was always of the impression that the Cat lasted a little longer before rebuild. I agree with all your thoughts. The Cat probably is a couple hundred pounds heavier too - more if it had a brake saver to make up for the weak jakes. Both are legendary engines and you can’t really lose with either.

Have a 96 N14 Celect, problems with these engines is weak mains, fretting issues, had to find a replacement block for mine. Also the ECM’s can be an issue, especially since they r getting older, and are hard to find

Nh thought was even the earlier 40s. Late 30s possibly. Some of the longest manufactured engines are them 855 blocks. All the way up to the late n14 which i call "a step off" an 855.

Good knowledge. I love the 855 motors. We have a 280 in a 850 versatile and a 250 in a 800 versatile as well as a big cam 365 in a 1985 freightliner. They pull well, they are easy and cheap to work on , and the are incredibly reliable. We have a 91 Pete with a b model cat and though it is quieter and smoother , it's Jake's are horribly weak and it's not nearly as reliable.

I am looking for a rebuild kit for a 444, is there a particular one you recommend

1 thing I don't like about a big cam is the direct drive fan that runs constantly which makes it hard to keep warm in the winter.

I love the 855

I believe the basic design started in the early 30s. Much smaller displacement, 670 something and they just kept adding cubic inches and improvements to it. 70 year run, probably no basic design will come close to that production longevity.

I’ve got a 85 Pete 362 double sleeper I’m thinking about selling. Not quite sure yet! It’s got a Cummins Big Cam 3. and 9 speed

Go to ur driver side of the big cam and clean up the edge right next to the bottoms of the rear head mounting surface you’ll find an eight digit number call Cummins and give them the serial number you’ll find out what exactly you got

The only thing to watch for on the625 cpl is the old cpl book says to time @ .070 the new cpl book says to time it # .065, go with.070.

Where do you order your kits from? I gots Me a big Cam to overhaul

855 block decks crack more. Costing more to out of frame. 349A super jakes were offered for a B and C model. Not to mention with a brake saver (retarder). A super Jakes retarder combo will hold way more back then an 855. B model overhead is easier and faster to run. 855’s also usually need a bearing roll around 250k depending on how how hard it’s used, now a small journal B isn’t much better but the wide journal C would do a million miles before the bottom end needs touched.

Looks like u got a Pete use the vin number call Pete they can tell u if they ever done an engine swap on it and what’s on it

just a little correction, the NH 220 was actually 743 CID, same engine just a bit smaller, and the spercharged version of that was NHBS-600 or NHS 275 that had 275 hp, the 855 came along in 1960 as the NH 230 and 250 N/A and NT 280 or 380 turbo kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lcWElayCt9WUeGQ.html grate video talking about this engine if you have the patiance and time to watch it

The babymax and eco diesel pages are full of people going around in a circle telling each other their engines don’t suck.

The big cam 400 is the best cumins ever built

If you want your engine to come alive put a N14 turbo I think it’s a HX60

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No love for the kta 600 ?

KTA600 Cummins

The heads shouldn’t cost u more then 1300 for rebuilding all three heads

There’s a reason everyone compares everything to a cat. I was a cummins guy until I drove a cat. And I’m not talking about 80k. Doesn’t take much to pull that. Once you get close to 100k on the daily the truth comes out.

Natural aspirated small cam would get 250

My truck holds 11 gallons

weird governor pump

Rebuild isn’t that much more and the truck is literally worth twice as much with a cat. Cummins doesn’t over. Reman for an 855 anymore cat does. Had my b rebuilt this summer my cat. 3 weeks.

sidetracked, rabbit tracked very very dangerous during oil change. dont even stop to fart until oil is back in crank case, and remember to put the plug back in first.... ask me how i know this.... no dont ask wont tell there was a period when ddta and cummins were dead even in power choices the cat was an o/o thing mostly, when the big cam came out and the low rpm engines then it was cummins all the way. cat was always more expensive but better to drive. silver 92 ran hard but leaked and no efficiency . then detroit back on top with the ddec series what an amazing engine. outside moncton NB cold enuf to shatter steel. i penciled in 1m kilometers on logs, and she fired dead cold . unbelievable. i never ever saw an 855 good for even half million miles

Lol need a ride?