Massive 1150-Cubic-Inch 600+ HP Cummins KTA-19 Engines Idling - Awesome Sound!

[@heavyhaul8621]

Back when trucking was fun and good 😢

[@tempestmkiv]

A row of vintage Kenworth's with KTA engines..... very impressive!

[@caterpillarslim1288]

I LOVE the lopey idle! 💓😍 To be there in person to hear em all at once must have been amazing! The look as beautiful as they sound!

[@Romans--bo7br]

A V12 Detroit (Series 71 - the Only true V12 from DD) with 7 or 8 inch straights and a lope, sounds Wayyy better! ; )

[@caterpillarslim1288]

@@Romans--bo7br I understand what you're sayin but I caint say ones better than the other however in my mind the 12v71 lope sounds like a big angry critter whereas the KTA1150 lope makes me think of a high strung long legged critter that just wants to RUN

[@Romans--bo7br]

@@caterpillarslim1288.... thanks for your reply, Ed. I completely understand what you're saying and can understand why you think that. Having said that, it was a very rare occasion back in the 1970s that any KT or KTA could run with either my own V12's that I "built" (modified)... and the KTA 600's reputation for being "reliable" was Not one of its strong points. I will say though, that they have come a long way since those early days of the series and continue to be produced new, for industrial applications, but Not under the KT/KTA series platform, of course.

[@detroitgarage9430]

Awesome, in the day my dad had KTA-19 in a 74 binder, ran heavy haul with it and man could it pull.:)

[@DPWian]

Love watching those trucks rock side to side at idle like that

[@heavyhaul8621]

I remember dad got a 600 kta,,, a couple of guys with v8’s wouldn’t talk for a few weeks after the cummins out pulled them.

[@ruxoneto6560]

Yeah when a cummins passes a cat they take it pretty hard , I've had trucks pull into turn pockets so i didnt pass them .

[@justinmartin8887]

Mack’s?

[@baronsable6173]

Tbf that's a 19 liter inline 6 engine vs an 18 liter v8

[@danokerr9929]

@@ruxoneto6560 I will tell you this much right now. I had 2 v8 cats…. Stock. And I would out pull any kta on the road you just need good gears.

[@ruxoneto6560]

@@danokerr9929 not a chance kta vs 3408 stock to stock or twisted the kta will come out on top every time .

[@anthonionesbitt202]

These kta19 are monster's they can make 1000hp easily & be very reliable to, my favorite motor other then a Mighty Cat 3406E 550🥰

[@basiltaylor8910]

Yes ,snorting growling monsters my fav Clessie Cummins, the KT on the right is hunting badly the governor needs adjusting. If my Lotto numbers come up, buy three KTA,s import them to my eccentric little island off the coast of France. Build a Chassis that would make Jay Leno sit up and take notice, nothing fancy a scruffy old Scammell Crusader, tri-drive rear bogie, five axles, Holmes twin boom lifting gear with the winch off a tug boat, and a straight stub exhaust pipe.

[@donnellwilliams3988]

That shit is sick how their all idling at the same time, I swear it's like I hear music 🎶 💯

[@bparks_5095]

That Powder blue twin turbo Kenny might be the most beautiful tuck I've ever seen. Just incredible!

[@Romans--bo7br]

I Guess you haven't either seen too many, then??..... either that, or it's the old "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" thing. Probably the latter of the two. ; )

[@1990johndeere318]

Awesome video Mike! I could listen to that all day lol.It was crazy seeing the trucks just shake back and forth. Lots of torque.

[@MichaelTJD60]

That's for sure! Torque for days.

[@scruffy6151]

Rocks you to sleep in the bunk.

[@bookeruzzell6213]

Man,I remember when they first came out!These are REAL BEASTS!I'm glad these monsters are still around!Great video!

[@TwinStix]

Wow love that lope and it’s got sticks 😆👌

[@MichaelTJD60]

I thought of you instantly when I looked in the cab lol!

[@petecentofonti7636]

Love those KW's and those kt Cummins engines

[@jamesritter623]

My grandfather had an cabover pete with a kta in it I think that it was a 450 im not sure but I will never forget riding in it and the way that it would idle just sit there and rock back and forth I was probably 9 or 10 but I will never forget it or him a true legend

[@gmoney1061]

HOLY SH!T!! The WHOLE truck is ROCKING!! WINNING!! 😎👍🏾🥳👌

[@christopherbennett265]

OMG that is what I call a symphony!

[@michaellangdonful]

Very cool to hear those KT/KTA Cummins engines loping at idle 😎😎

[@MichaelTJD60]

It sure is a great sound.

[@ruxoneto6560]

The one is a ktta. The k stands for KING of the road!!.

[@vincebowling1778]

Sounds like an orchestra in perfect harmony!

[@truckerray7533]

Sweet assed "old school" girls right there, 10-4! Kenworths have always & will always be my favorites!!!

[@michaelmuniz7785]

Driven a large car like these beautys hammer down balls to the Wall 10-4!

[@mikemcclune1440]

Haven't seen them for awhile but there were a couple of Kenworths used to run around my area daily running kta's, both were heavy haulers

[@timsweet4424]

We had a KT motor in a 74 Transtar , hauling produce from Texas to NYC Hunts Point . It was fun to outpull stick haulers with their shiny 290’s up the East coast !

[@Romans--bo7br]

You must have put the engine in, yourselves... because the only "big power" option for the Transtar (4090 COE) was the V12 Detroit. International Never received the KT / KTA Series from Cummins... the Standard Engines for the Transtar COE, was the NTC (290hp and 350 - 400hp in later 1970's) Cummins and the 8-71 Detroit.

[@davidgregory8559]

Sounds like a symphony playing

[@michaelfreeland2791]

I hear alot of rail pressure. Love it

[@dalesnow1761]

Only problem is they weight 35-3600 lbs mostly designed for gensets, marine, military I got one in a Big Bud tractor they are massive. With a bit more modern electronics fuel, timing, air to air etc the torque could be much higher compared to some of the newer engines however lots of good old fashioned snort! Btw anyone ever get to New Orleans take a trip on the river in the Natchez she’s got a couple of those girls on gensets rumbling down in the belly. They’ve been there along time and they have the sweetest thunder you’ve ever heard.

[@DexDizzy]

I’ll definitely going take a look and sit out that the river walk to watch it take off

[@sandasturner9529]

Thanks for the info. I live in New orleans 😎, I ll have to check them out when I get the chance.

[@rags-fv6ko]

Me too I’m currently over the road now..I bet it’s a beautiful day to go bike riding too since the weathers cooler my favorite

[@michaeldunagan8268]

@Dale Snow At 3,500 pounds the KTA you describe is only 800 pounds heavier than my Cummin N14 is listed at. I will trade 800 pounds for 600 more horsies every which way 'til Sunday.

[@wazza33racer]

Legendary in Australia........a mechanical KTA-600 can flog anything when hooked up to 130 tons gross mass. They are faster and use less fuel than any of the electronic 600's that came later like the ISX,C-15 etc.

[@arnielove8547]

I love this video old school power at it's finest !!!!

[@dougkratz5269]

Twin stacks, twin sticks, twin turbos, so many things to double your pleasure

[@patdexter9188]

We ran two of those in a hydraulic shovel. Had a 11 yard bucket. Pretty cool to see these in trucks!

[@wolfscorogardens6098]

Sickest sounding engine ever. Hope to put one of them collectors items in my man cave 💪💪🤠

[@brumbywal8432]

Just beautiful Trucks and Engine they were and came with the 2 speed Diffs.

[@AustenARW]

Magnificent, great video of these beasts!

[@MrCornholios]

Nice video. :) I have never seen so many stacks in a row.

[@TombstoneHeart]

"If your truck is a bit slow - chrome something!" lol

[@j.cannon2021]

Best advice I've heard in a while

[@frankleonard6570]

wow! thats a beautifull truck! 👌 and 6&4 i love my twin sticks!

[@jasonswift9310]

All three trucks have built 1150 KTC Cummins in case you all wondering.

[@chrisbroesky2932]

Holy smokes my N14 would give up and shut itself off before the race even started. What a beast!

[@brownwrench]

I remember having one in the shop. They barely fit between the frame rails.

[@randyruppel6727]

Love his trucks! Nice!

[@just-incase3483]

Twin sticks and tooth picks dipped in horse tranquilizer.

[@garyharrison8891]

I drove a 73 powerliner cabover with a 600 hp KTA in it. Thing was a beast of a truck compared to the 74’ transtar II with the 318 Detroit.

[@JimmyCasket02]

That’s like comparing apples to jalapeños

[@Romans--bo7br]

Why is it the Every truck with an 8-71 Detroit... is automatically a "318".... according to all the internet "experts" on Detroit Diesels??

[@pierce_arrow1798]

That needle nose with a KTA. If my big cam 400 ever needs replacing I might just get one of those to go in mine

[@MrCornholios]

Greta: "How dare you"

[@burgard2010]

Dam it. Beat me to it. HA HA.

[@Mark_Tschetter]

You mean climate Barby?

[@justwondering786]

@@Mark_Tschetter @ you mean Al Gore’s nephew !

[@doncoleman6070]

Bought a new W900 in 1982. Last of the A Models. Used it in Alaska, still has a 600 KTA with a 15 over and 1241 brownie..

[@viethieunguyen1260]

KTTA19..BEAUTIFUL🤩🤩

[@carlwilliams1570]

Some nice looking A models in that line

[@TuffBurnOutTeam]

They are thee only engine to have Nothing else will even come close to it

[@Ezrider359]

some beautiful iron right there!

[@MichaelTJD60]

Amen to that!

[@RS-cb7nm]

I would like to drive that to a green deal meeting.

[@trexmidnite]

Only if you like going on a visit to the vet to get neutered!

[@markbass9639]

@@trexmidnite you’re no fun. Re-education camps, get it right! Lol

[@genis8530]

Probably puts out less emissions than the private jets flown into said green meetings.

[@RS-cb7nm]

@@genis8530 yep

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@RS-cb7nm no doubt

[@truckinfam2207]

Nothin gonna touch it pullin up Grapevine or anywhere else in the ole days

[@charlieblack1166]

AMERCA!!!! Straight up badass....

[@commonsense9706]

I had a kta in a clt ford, it could pass anything on the road except a fuel pump...it was also tough on drive tires.

[@davecee4459]

We used to install these in 50 ton Euclid's in place of the CUMMINS VTA 28 AND THE V16 DETROIT

[@VimarjesVente]

The sky blue W900A long hood has a KTTA, because it has a twin-turbo, a difference from the KTA which is only one :D

[@normadams1615]

Big Amy was top dog in alaska kt600 ,1000 hp,that was Ann and Sam Shivers truck they named it after their daughter Amy,I remember hauling gravel out of Roger's and Bablers pit and we out pulled Ann with are 600 hp 350 cummins,Spiderman was a hot truck,I miss them days

[@loganchumley5893]

Pretty wild and random but I own big Amy now and it’s still a runner Ann and Zach shivers are the original owners and it has a kta 635 Cummins out of a light plant

[@joefell7845]

Must of been a Formula 350.

[@richardburke454]

Got my first speeding ticket 85 in a 55 with my first KTA that was on New York route 17 just east of Waverly

[@enriquealvarezjr.6880]

Good ole days those days are over!!!!

[@francisjaniewski5990]

Man, I can imagine those horses running down the road!

[@dominickantonucci668]

This is a Kta 750 twin turbo industrial engine, estimated 1200 hp to the street

[@anthonionesbitt202]

Your right, but I think that one has a tune on it & it's probably making over 1500hp to the ground

[@simeonwiesenthal1211]

@@anthonionesbitt202 😂🤣it’s a mechanical motor , what tune you talking about? Like on the radio?

[@Burroughsbikebuilds]

@@simeonwiesenthal1211 - Might be similar to a 12v. ‘Tuning’ being that if the removal of the fuel plate.

[@anthonionesbitt202]

@@simeonwiesenthal1211 are you stupid or playing stupid🤔

[@anthonionesbitt202]

@@simeonwiesenthal1211 yes I know it's a mechanical motor, when I say tune I mean higher flowing injectors, recalabrated fuel pump, timing changer, higher lift valve & springs, ported heads, bigger turbo or compound turbos setup...

[@michaeljestice4234]

Just love old Paccar trucks

[@kimstanley6496]

SOND,S LIKE 👍 THE OLD YARD 4 A.M. IN THE GOOD 👍 OLD DAY, S O.G.CALIFORNIA DIRT HAULER OUT 10-4.

[@deanmckee1385]

I think they are in 31 Fiat Allis dozer too, awesome looking trucks

[@mikebougher3731]

Damn I love KTA Cummins

[@thomasarmstrong3804]

That would look so Much Better with a Chromed ROO Bar , Greetings from OZ

[@omarwhittaker5314]

REAL TRUCK MASSIVE BIG UP TO TWIN 11

[@larryposey2551]

Would be a hell of a site

[@josephfaria6617]

That's alot of motor to stuff in a needle nose. How does he keep it cool?

[@patklemmensen1694]

they need a smidgen more fuel, unless that "low-idle surge" is normal?? (farm boy, learned early on that 'surging' isn't healthy for the engine)

[@HTX713W]

One of the only trucks that sounds better than my 96’ 9800i

[@tpearl209]

they sound like a bunch of purring tigers.

[@johngnipper8768]

Thats caterpillar

[@eb5151]

Bad to the bone KW right there!

[@RDC_Autosports]

why i still run cummins.... not even the 3408 or mack V8 had the cubes of a lil inline 6 😁

[@yaboileeroy3038]

I'll give Cummins that. They're the only company to build an engine that could make a Bulldog whimper.

[@evananderson3350]

@@yaboileeroy3038 every bulldog I see is whimpering lol

[@josefastboats5874]

@@evananderson3350 Don’t F around with the MACK E-9 V8 now Hahaha

[@evananderson3350]

@@josefastboats5874 yeah there is a guy that runs a tri axle dump truck superliner with the v8 in it and he always has that thing going pretty good

[@josefastboats5874]

@@evananderson3350 Those MACK V8’s are beasts!!! My Father used to Drive one that was a Heavy Haul Lowboy truck 💪 He would Pull Big CAT Model 330 Machines with it and Big D6 and D7 CAT 🦁 Bulldozers with it, BIG POWERHOUSE 💪💪💪. He also drove a special Canadian Built MACK Superliner also a heavy haul lowboy truck, the Truck was a Sleeper Truck with a CAT 3406B Model Engine with a 15 Speed Double Over Drive.... MACK Camel-Back Suspension and air ride on the front axle..... Special Ride All in all. He told me he pulled a Lowboy trailer with extra axles on the back and hauled some BIG and HEAVY machines... I would love to get and Old Superliner some day now... Love how they look 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@rondye9398]

In the early 1970's these monsters were plentiful, along with 3408 CATS, with chromed out 12-71 Detroit's at the Ontario 500 Hundred Truck Stop in east LA.

[@mgp870]

@rondye9398 the 76 truck stop wasn't in east Los Angeles. It was in Ontario CA. That's 40 miles east of Los Angeles. I lived in southern CA.

[@tedcantell9088]

o'h i love to hear any big Turbo diesel running but i would love to hear a row of 17 Liter's tuned 600- 800+ Caterpillars running playing that beautiful sound us CAT lover's, love to hear run on cold crisp 35-33 degree morning, but yup the old one's all have that sound !!! just say'n !!!! Thanks Guy's !!!!!

[@MichaelTJD60]

Check out the video I posted before this one, it's got a little bit of everything...I tried to get close-ups on some of the Cat-powered trucks. Love the sound of a 3406.

[@grumpystruckshop3807]

Kt is cummins 19ltr, 3406e is cat 14.6 ltr.

[@tedcantell9088]

@@grumpystruckshop3807 sorry my bad i was a bit hot when i wrote that, i should have been in bed i was thinking about to many things and try'n to write with the captain if you know what i mean !!!!anyways thank u, i don't even remember write'n that but i fixed it!!!! just say'n !!!!

[@grumpystruckshop3807]

Thought you might like one of my trucks, i have others too in the uk, i can send more links if you want!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mInLeZecZ8qdhtE

[@frankiemontanez778]

Wait that engine sounds like that stockkk???

[@Deathinside1326]

Beautiful

[@tommynarrow2568]

Half million dollar rig gorgeous

[@elijahrobinson2362]

Butterfly hoods. 🥰

[@danielinteriano599]

Thats a big boy

[@annemariegraff2743]

Magnifique 👍👍👍 grandiose 😁😁😁❤❤❤🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@charlesroer972]

The k model is one hell of a power plant

[@FranciscoHernandez-fw8go]

Excellent.👏

[@RoyTSmith]

That right there is music!!!!

[@OMGitsGODx]

I love the coal at idle 😍🤤💨💨💨

[@levi_cole]

Cummins is the best diesel. Followed by Detriots (Screamin Jimmy's) Change my mind! lol Love how it just rocks the tractor.

[@MichaelTJD60]

I was raised around CAT powered trucks, so I'm a little biased. Cummins is right up there with them. Detroit....is a different story. 🙄

[@levi_cole]

@@MichaelTJD60 haha

[@justinmartin8887]

Yea the k model is the untouched king of the road. But it never belonged there, like a bull in a China shop. As for the rest of Cummins (except for the big cam and 5.9) they are just sort of ok.

[@belgian_i30n]

*coughs* scania v8 *coughs*

[@MichaelTJD60]

@@belgian_i30n Unfair comparison, we don't have them here in the US. I hear they are powerhouses though.

[@shanesooth6267]

How much torque are we talking about?

[@shawnriddle3018]

is twin sticks in place of a spliter on the same stick? Half low speed half high speed?

[@MichaelTJD60]

Yes and no. The end result is essentially the same - more ranges within each gear. But it's done by having two separate transmissions working together (one mounted in front of the other). The most common combination is usually a 5 or 6 speed in front of a 4 speed, but there have been some crazier combos out there like 10/4, 13/4, and 18/4. With that many gears there will tend to be an overlap between the ratios, so some gear combinations will actually have the same speed.

[@andrewfay5253]

I fished commercial on. 130 ton ship and we had a kta 18 I think 800 hp Cummings

[@joshmills208]

Nice trucks

[@joshmills208]

Are they Peterbilt?

[@MichaelTJD60]

@@joshmills208 Kenworth

[@georgesykes394]

Enough Torque to pull Hell off it's hinges.

[@blown572hemi]

Nice! Must be the detuned version though because they go up to 700hp stock and I’d imagine that it would be for marine applications. The way it lopes says marine

[@MichaelTJD60]

I can promise you these trucks are all making way more than 600 HP lol....I don't know the exact ratings on these particular units so that's why I put 600+ in the title. Someone in the comments below said the first one is making 1200 HP, I wouldn't doubt it.

[@AMiles8810]

Coolest video on KZbin man

[@dezznuttz254]

DAMMMMN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PriestOfAuril]

awesome trucks, but can anyone tell me the specific model of the purple KW? :) it looks amazing

[@MichaelTJD60]

It is a 1950 model W923.

[@ruxoneto6560]

No ,michael tdj66 , if you take care on detroit diesel on scraping gaskets & appling sealer on bolts it will not leak oil . I have run kta 525-600 & Ktta650 twisted ,roadable hp ( full throttle & hold it ) nothing will pass it ,but i question 1200 hp show me the dyno charts ? You can get 1200 hp but you cannot hold it the pyro gauge will be as fast as the boost gauge.

[@MichaelTJD60]

Not my truck. You'd have to ask the owner. This truck turns heads at a lot of shows.

[@MrNota500]

I mean 1200hp sounds a little extreme, but when it comes to big rigs its about torque anyway. Thats the number that impresses me and im sure its a big number on these girls.

[@fernandoh3002]

That truck jumpin

[@Adam666...]

When i become a millionaire in just gonna daily drive one of these just because

[@nativeamericanscots-irish7901]

I'll be danged if that purple needle nose aint popcorn wheatons old rig

[@MichaelTJD60]

You are correct. www.overdriveonline.com/leon-popcorn-wheaton-needlenose-1950-kenworth/

[@thuanbuimy2418]

The Best 👍.

[@b172ddm2]

as far as I know kta 19 is for marine application right?

[@MichaelTJD60]

They were an option for trucks too. Not just marine use.

[@mr.whitefolks7004]

Cummins K-series 👁👁👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@allenbeck7321]

Next best I believe is the 444 Cummins...had one that made 3406b owners cry when I went past them with MORE weight on plus got 6 to 6.5 mpg!!