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rmmpe · 09-27-2007, 03:25 AM

All,

What would it require to bump a 330 ISC to 350 HP? Any negatives to doing it?

Any idea of approx. cost?

rmmpe · 09-27-2007, 03:25 AM

All,

What would it require to bump a 330 ISC to 350 HP? Any negatives to doing it?

Any idea of approx. cost?

Rick Coleman · 09-27-2007, 04:51 AM

What the heck- you can bump it to 400HP. The negative is it'll set you back $250K+. Seriously, I'd check with a Cummins dealer.

Route 66 · 09-27-2007, 05:20 AM

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You're looking at about a 5.6% increase in HP.

You would never notice the difference.

IMHO, the cost/benefit would not be worth it.

Jim&MaryJo · 09-27-2007, 05:26 AM

Banks is popular for ISC upgrades. I think they have multiple packages, one with an advertised 119HP/284Tq bump.

http://store.bankspower.com/Categories.aspx?Category=3b...26-9efc-a06460071d0f

lundy · 09-27-2007, 06:32 AM

I had a 330 in 1999 (2000 model year). I inquired for the same HP increase. Cummins checked my motor ID and told me that on my engine, it would require a piston change. Apparently, there was a 330 engine built that required only a chip (+ something) to make the increase. Mine was not that simple.

rockcj · 09-27-2007, 07:45 AM

Try propane injection.

Ted III · 09-27-2007, 04:08 PM

Bob, Jim & Mary Jo have the answer. Banks is the way to go and they are a high class outfit.

Beagle RC Air · 09-27-2007, 06:12 PM

Cummins can take care of the additional 20 hp by reprogramming your ECM

rmmpe · 09-30-2007, 01:09 PM

Thanks all.

After 3,000 miles averaging 9 MPG by miles driven/gallons used and not having any real trouble with hills, I think I'll leave well enough alone.

Tom and Patty · 09-30-2007, 03:22 PM

Bob and Peg,

The only time I want more HP and torque is when I'm running with the new coaches with the ISL.

rmmpe · 10-01-2007, 02:56 AM

Hi Tom,

I don't know as I want to run with the new Coaches. Mine is fully de-bugged and I don't want to take the risk of catching anything

Route 66 · 10-01-2007, 03:14 AM

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You have chosen wisely, Grasshopper.

J.S.Eddy · 10-01-2007, 07:24 AM

Once upon a time, when I owned a '94 250HP mechanical Cummins, I asked a Cummins shop manager (in Biloxi) about adding a Dr. Performance Kit to my engine; was to up the HP by about 50+, and he simply asked me "What do you want it to do that it doesn't do now?"
That's a helluva good question. He went on to say, "yeah, you can boost it up at the expense of seeing it start to fall apart in half the usual time.

I decided, like the 9 MPG, to leave it alone.

Jim '03 FDTS, Douglas, Georgia