C15 PDF
C15 PDF
C15 PDF
DIMENSIONS
54.0 in 54.0 in
(1373 mm) (1373 mm)
57.0 in 41.7 in
(1448 mm) (1059 mm)
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C15 ON-HIGHWAY DIESEL ENGINE — 435 hp
PERFORMANCE CURVES
435 hp (324 kW) 435 hp (324 kW)
1850 1850
1700 1700
Torque
Torque
1550 1550
lb-ft
lb-ft
1400 1400
1250 1250
1100 1100
950 950
550 550
500 500
Power
Power
450 450
bhp
bhp
400 400
350 350
300 300
900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100
Engine Speed rpm Engine Speed rpm
PERFORMANCE DATA
Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100 Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100
Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100 Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100
Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 (324) Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 (324)
Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 (336) Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 (336)
Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m) . . . . . . . . . 1550 (2102) Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m) . . . . . . . . . 1650 (2238)
Peak Torque — rpm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 Peak Torque — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200
Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048) Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048)
PERFORMANCE CURVES
435 hp MT (324 kW)
1850
1700
Torque
1550
lb-ft
1400
1250
1100
950
550
500
Power
450
bhp
400
350
300
PERFORMANCE DATA
Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100
Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100
Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 (324)
Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 (336)
Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m). . 1550/1750 (2102/2373)
Peak Torque — rpm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200
Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43/61
Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048)
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C15 ON-HIGHWAY DIESEL ENGINE — 435 to 500 hp
PERFORMANCE CURVES
475 hp (354 kW) 500 hp (373 kW)
1850 1850
1700 1700
Torque
Torque
1550 1550
lb-ft
lb-ft
1400 1400
1250 1250
1100 1100
950 950
550 550
500 500
Power
Power
450 450
bhp
bhp
400 400
350 350
300 300
900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100
Engine Speed rpm Engine Speed rpm
PERFORMANCE DATA
Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100 Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100
Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100 Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100
Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 (354) Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 (373)
Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 (365) Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 (384)
Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m) . . . . . . . . . 1650 (2238) Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m) . . . . . . . . . 1650 (2238)
Peak Torque — rpm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 Peak Torque — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200
Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048) Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048)
PERFORMANCE CURVES
475 hp MT (354 kW) 435/500 hp MT (324/373 kW)1
1850
1850 1700
1700
Torque
1550
lb-ft
Torque
1550 1400
lb-ft
1400 1250
1250 1100
1100 950
950
550 550
500 500
Power
Power
450 450
bhp
bhp
400 400
350 350
300 300
900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100
Engine Speed rpm Engine Speed rpm
PERFORMANCE DATA
Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100 Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100
Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100 Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100
Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 (354) Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 (324)
Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 (365) Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 (384)
Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m). . 1650/1850 (2238/2508) Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m). . 1550/1650 (2102/2238)
Peak Torque — rpm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 Peak Torque — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200
Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39/56 Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43/32
Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048) Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048)
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C15 ON-HIGHWAY DIESEL ENGINE — 475 to 550 hp
PERFORMANCE CURVES
475 hp (354 kW) 500 hp (373 kW)
1850 1850
1700 1700
Torque
Torque
1550 1550
lb-ft
lb-ft
1400 1400
1250 1250
1100 1100
950 950
550 550
500 500
Power
Power
450 450
bhp
bhp
400 400
350 350
300 300
900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100 900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100
Engine Speed rpm Engine Speed rpm
PERFORMANCE DATA
Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100 Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100
Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100 Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100
Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 (354) Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 (373)
Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 (365) Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 (384)
Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m) . . . . . . . . . 1850 (2509) Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m) . . . . . . . . . 1850 (2509)
Peak Torque — rpm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 Peak Torque — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200
Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048) Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048)
PERFORMANCE CURVES
550 hp (410 kW)
1850
1700
Torque
1550
lb-ft
1400
1250
1100
950
550
500
Power
450
bhp
400
350
300
PERFORMANCE DATA
Operating Range (rpm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200–2100
Governed Speed — rpm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2100
Advertised hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 (410)
Max hp (kW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 (410)
Peak Torque — lb-ft (N•m) . . . . . . . . . 1850 (2509)
Peak Torque — rpm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200
Torque rise (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Altitude Capability — ft (m). . . . . . . 10,000 (3048)
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C15 ON-HIGHWAY DIESEL ENGINE — 435 to 550 hp
Materials and specifications are subject to change without notice. The International System of Units (SI) is used in this publication.
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