New Cummins owner, intro and inquiry

[Camstyn]

Hi all! I found this site from doing some google searches, as I just bought a used 05 KW with an ISX.

A little about myself, I am an owner-operator running western Canada pulling super-B's, which is roughly 140,000lbs GVW to my American friends. I run most of my miles in BC, which is very mountainous, and I am loaded 120-140,000lbs for 95% of my operating miles.

I've always been a Cat guy, I've owned a couple of 2007 Peterbilts with 625hp Acert's, and currently own 2014 Peterbilts both with the Paccar 500/1850 engines. They actually pull this kind of weight surprisingly well for a 13L, not in the league of a 550hp Cummins or D16 Detroit, but they hold their own against a 485-500 ISX.

I wasn't really looking to buy an older truck, but I found a real cherry of a 2005 KW W900L. It's been garage kept, slipper driven, and is spec'd for my kind of work other than the rear ends (3.55 DSH40P's) with a 565, 18spd, 2050 torque clutch and SPL250XL driveline. I've bought a set of 46's with 3.91's for it from a wrecked low mile 2012 attached to the same AG400 suspension, which should make this a great stump puller, ideal for my kind of work.

Any who, about the engine. It's got 1,080,000km's, never been inframed. It had the head replaced under warranty at some point, and cam followers/jake heads were done not too long ago, if I understood correctly. I got the truck at a great price or I wouldn't have bought it, so that being said, I'm prepared to do an inframe any time if necessary. Obviously I hope that will be later rather than sooner, but I'm ready.

I'd like to do a mandate, and any other little tricks that might be good for this engine. I don't need or really care about having a 700hp, I'm more than happy with 550+, I'm more interested in fuel economy and reliability. What would you folks suggest, where should I start? I brought it home yesterday, it's currently at the shop waiting for my new axles to show up. I'm hoping to be putting it to work next week, so I can pull my 2014 and put it up for sale.

I've read a lot on here about why to beware of the big delete companies, the info is very compelling and I am going to definitely listen to it. Where do we start? It sounds like there are a couple of very highly recommended forum members on here, how do I get in touch with them for a custom tune, etc.?

Thanks in advance!:big_smile2:
Cam