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Old 15th September 2011, 18:08
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With the growth in long combination units (B-Double) in OZ and the demise of the US-sourced Mack Ultraliner, we (Mack Trucks Australia that is) were looking, in the late 90's, for a high performance COE to fit the bill."
"The Magnum was at that time being fitted with the Mack E9 V8 in Europe so it seems this would be the perfect solution---a popular US engine and a great riding Euro COE. However, tighter engine emissions then saw the end of the Mack V8 engine. Very fortunately, the introduction of the Cummins 15-litre Signature then occurred."
"So our very entrepreneurial Engineering team rose to the challenge and installed this big banger in the Magnum - up to 580hp and 2050lbft - just had to be good!!
"I would love to say that this marvellous bit of engineering had a happy ending but alas, customers didn't warm to the Magnum cab. So after producing just over 100, we decided to focussed on developing the Premium Route AKA the 'Qantum'."
From:- http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/b...cks-cabov.html

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