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Back in the days... As an electrician I installed 2 a v16 quad-turbo Caterpillars for emergency power generation at a hospital. These power plants were enormous. I can't remember all the specs however the radiators were biggest radiators I have ever seen in my life . The day tanks was 300 gallons x2 with to 15000 gallon tanks underground. That job was really fun. Awesome experience as a young man. I think the output on the generator was 30000 KV each. The sound when they start it up was like no other engine I've ever heard.. especially under load, in the engine-room it was completely deafening.
As a kid in Miami my dad was a maintenance man who showed us his buildings pretty sure it was the same one
Yeah I helped install a massive generator at a water treatment plant, it used a twin turbo Volvo. It's crazy that you installed that all yourself
As an owner operator in the 2000s I would park next to my buddies 3408 W900 Kenworth and another legendary v8 a mack R series from the 90s. The sound these trucks made when pulling out of the yard loaded was viseral. My truck was more practical and less flamboyant as I had mouths to feed lol
Where are you from?
Was pulling out of Calgary ab btw
All I know is that, when I was a H/D truck mechanic in the late 70's and early 80's, 3406's and 3408's were the gold standard engine options you could get. EVERYONE who had one would never think of repowering to a different brand
We still manufacture and use both the 3300 and 3400 series in some countries with lower emissions standards and even put them in new equipment in those countries. Also, caterpillar itself didn’t really use steam tractors. It was formed by the combination of Best and Holt tractor companies and they were using gas engines by that time. The name “Caterpillar” was from how reporters said the tracked tractors crawled like a caterpillar across the fields.
-former Cat employee
AHA!!!!! (points at other countries) So YOU are the climate changers, not America! Mystery solved.
You guys are legendary! Thanks for making engines that are a pleasure for hear
Caterpillars Are King!!!
I'm not familiar with the 3408 but the first truck I drove when I started truckin had a 3406 E (6 cylinder) and it had 1.75 million miles and last I saw it had over 2 million. The next truck I drove was a C-15 (updated and improved 3406 I think) and it had 850k miles when I started and 1.35 million last I drove it and in nearly half a million miles other than oil changed and routine maintenance the alternator went out and the number 2 fuel injector mounting bolt vibrated loose and needed torqued down and that was it! It blows my mind that any engine can do a half a million miles without needing parts replaced and even more impressive that it had already logged .85 million miles already!
You can hear everyone that was comforted by the sound of that engine when it's running. From truckers that needed to get from A to B or had to pull over in a snow storm to the people checking on the generator of a hospital.
The sound from these engines are just awesome. Great video as always 🙂
They had a sound that was all there own due to the different v design they were a power house but definitely not a fuel pincher
@@davidsignor7931it takes fuel to make power. We called our 3408s "Mountain Levelers."
Love the 3400 series, easy to work on , reliable and plenty of grunt , 3406, 3408, 3412’s I have had in generators , wheel loaders, dozers, scrapers, excavators etc. the best service life we achieved with any of the engines was a 3412 in a 600kva generator, 35,000 operating hours before overhaul, and another 45,000 hrs after before it was sold, the lowest hours because of application and demography was the 3406 fitted in the D8N and some R’s of 6,000 hrs, mainly partial seizes pulling pistons apart , but all in all great engines 👌🏻😎
Used to watch the CAT guys testing equipment in Arizona. Amazing company.
We live in NZ and own 3 trucks currently. A couple years ago we had a K104 Kenworth with a C15 550 HP engine. Way more reliable than any other engine. We put 2 million Kilometers in it and rebuilt it once. We also owned a K108 Kenworth. It had the same engine and ran even better with it's larger radiator's.
They need to start making these engines again for today’s trucks without any DEF fluid whatsoever and you will make a lot of people so happy. With that sounds on the Hwy . It would be a wonderful sound to hear.
a nice sounding engine as well
Man, we need these *V8 turbo-diesel engines* in general to be *brought back into the trucking industry...*
Why you think that v8 needs to come back ?
@@Spectacularhuman If you think about it, we've primarily had *_straight-6_** turbo-diesel truck engines (four-stroke only)* since *1985* with the *CAT 3406* and the later *C15 engine.*
Nowadays, straight-6's are found *_everywhere_* in the U.S. trucking industry from *Cummins Engines,* *Detroit Diesel,* Caterpillar and even *Volvo.* However, for *_heavy_** hauls* (i.e., *oversized or wide loads)* via *special orders* and *going up steep hills (with an average grade of 5-20%)* they are rather *underpowered* to this day compared to the 600-horsepower *CAT 3408 **_V8_* in the 1970's and 1980's, and the trucks themselves are now *a lot heavier* nowadays due to their *aerodynamic kits* (for *highway trucks)* in favor of *better fuel mileage* than back in the day.
A *_V8_** turbo-diesel,* on the other hand, would provide a significant *boost in both power **_and_** torque (depending on tuning)* while retaining *reliability* and *fuel mileage* to an extent, *_especially_* for *special, oversized or wide heavy loads* and *steep uphill gradiants.*
@@josecarrilloii4036 that was a freaking awesome explanation and demonstration ! I'm on your side so I must agree. I'm driven some trucks with Cummins that were turn up to the max straight out of the gate . Turned up Detroit's also. Fuel economy is terrible .. but the torque is on another level. I've driven so many doggone trucks I can't remember the specs on those motors man. Used to deliver the new straight out of the factory... But let me tell you when you get a special order that's turned up... It's all about the business man, I'm telling you. Night and day. Take care of yourself my friend have a good day
in Europe, Scania still uses V8s.
We use inline 6 diesel engines due to serviceability, reliability, and complexity. The v8 diesel is the literal enemy of all 3, and makes less torque. The reason the v8 diesel died was because they were all turds, if only chevy and Ford could learn that lesson with pickup trucks.
This was an excellent video with great choices of video clips and footage! I really enjoyed it! Thanks so much!
nice little video and you can't beat the sound of a v8 .👍👍
Two stroke Foden diesel engines sound soooo nice also.
@@MattBrownbillAnd Detroit Diesel 8V series.
*Ford PowerStroke V8* and/or *GM 6.6L Duramax,* anyone?
Never late with a 3408!😊
Another great video and cool to see some Aussie footage of road trains too 👍
I'll never forget the day I heard & saw my first Cat 3408. Was in a black Western Star (Owner/Operator), pulling for McCain, hauling potatoes, back in the early 80s. Those engines are Legendary!
Thanks for the video Visio. Another great 1 to boot.
Always look forward to your videos, love your enthusiasm for the subject and this shows in your presentation. Keep up the great work. 👌
Thank you!
Hopefully the diesel people in here can confirm or correct me on this. But, I believe the intake and exhaust valve position in the heads is to help the air "spin" in the cylinders, to keep more of it in the center where the combustion chamber is in the piston, and under the injector.
Not technically in the center, but to get the injected fuels flame front to reach as much of the oxygen in the cylinder as possible by swirling it around. Some engines also use "swirl flaps" to change flow below under different operation points.
It had four valves per cylinder, two inlet and two exhaust.
THANK YOU!!!!! Please make more Diesel engine story videos
keep it up bro i remember your accent from like 5 years ago youve improved a lot!
I drive cat forklifts at work and I think they’re cool. I like to think that inside there is a kitty cat on a treadmill and that’s what makes it work. It makes the day go by faster I think
Cat Forklifts are all made by MCFA, Mitsubishi Cat Forklift of America, and have no actual affiliation with Cat, MCFA uses Cat paint colors and stickers on a Mitsubishi forklift.
Literally nobody asked
@@gregyoungman Consider therapy for your anger, greg. Maybe ask someone for a hug.
its actually a Cat 🐱inside running a 1 to 1000 ratio treadmill fed with catfood fortified with 🐛mashed caterpillar worms for super proteins 👍🏿
I’m not angry? No one asked for his comment. Mr Fidel had a great comment. I love Fidel Castro
My neighbor has a 1990 Pete 379 with a marine cat 3408 in it. When he bought the truck he had 60 series detroit in it, but shortly after he bought the truck the crank broke along with some pistons rods and blow a hole in the block so he bought the 3408 cat and it was putting out 1200hp but when he put the engine in the truck he put a jake brake in it and downgraded the horsepower down to 855hp I don't know why but he did it but I help him haul hay with that truck with 55 foot highboy and it is the strongest and fastest semi truck I ever seen and the jake brake sound awesome and work really good
@gm16v149 awesome footage of your big banger showcased nicely here !!
This 3408 was big demand in oilfield western canada even today like wheel ditches,genset,water pump,skagit ser up drag line so on.yes fuel hard but power and output is reliable.good video.
I don't think twin filters was for durability, because they aren't in series. They're in parallel, so the doubling is for longevity (so they last longer between changes).
IIRC double the filters 4x the service interval.
The advantage to two filters is it can filter twice as much, when cold not all oil goes thru filter some goes thru bypass valve , so yes two filters are better.
Half of the world's steel is in Caterpillar engines 😂
Great video!!
Neat video! I work on these engines all the time. I believe i overhaul a couple on my channel on here as well
I spent a lot of time sat behind the 3408 in D9R's, and yes I miss the V8 growl when moving to the D9T, C18 ACERT inline 6.
Edit, I deleted the 'I' between 'when' and 'moving'
We had D8L had 3408 then about 88 or so that turned into the 9 N then the new 8 had the 3406 and down sized
Great info thank you
If overheated the 3400 was prone to liner recession, causing head gasket failure.
The Cat repair was to remove heads and piston and liners, and machine the block to fit a stainless steel ring shim under the liner, returning liner protrusion to max spec.
It made the engine better than standard and never failed again, even when run hot.
They where also prone to exhaust studs breaking, requiring replacement.
It was a good engine and was nice to work on.
Jong.
A work hardened engine,, if you will. They should make them all that way.
I’ve been a long-time enthusiast of the 3408. Here is every OTR trucking rating the 3408 was offered in during its 1975-1985 run. (Ranked in hp)
DITA 450 hp @2100 RPM (1979-1985)
- 1460 lb/ft (1979 N•m) @1200 RPM - 30% rise
PCTA 450 hp @2100 RPM (1976-1983)
- 1350 lb/ft (1830 N•m) @1500 RPM - 20% rise
PCTA Economy 425 @1950 RPM (1979-1983)
- 1350 lb/ft (1830 N•m) @1500 RPM - 20% rise
DITA Economy 420 @1900 RPM (1982-1985)
- 1460 lb/ft (1979 N•m) @1200 RPM - 26% rise
PCT 400 @2100 RPM (1979-1983)
- 1250 lb/ft (1695 N•m) @1500 RPM - 20% rise
DIT 400 @2100 RPM (1975-1981)
- 1225 lb/ft (1661 N•m) @1200 RPM - 23% rise
DIT Economy 370 @1900 RPM (1975-1977)
- 1225 lb/ft (1661 N•m) @1200 RPM - 20% rise
DIT HTR 360 @2100 RPM (1975-1977)
- 1225 lb/ft (1661 N•m) @1200 RPM - 36% rise
DI = Direct Injection
PC = Precombustion Chamber
T = Turbocharged
A = Aftercooled
HTR = High Torque Rise
**>1,000 hp; >2,500 ft-lbs.*
But how does it compare with a K19 Cummins? From what I've heard, the K19 is also very reliable and similar to the B5.9 has a very long service interval and capable of the same if not more hp and torque than the 3408s and cheaper to run and maintain as well. I never hear much videos being made about the K19 vs 3408 so just curious...... we have a lot of gensets also powered by K19s and K32 cummins here in my country
@@siam_g.d.s This is a long post, but very informative. Here in the US we called them the KT Series or even just K engines. They made a lot more power in the trucking application and lot of drivers have testified that they could bog down and grunt and lot better than the 3408. The KT-450 was the most common K up here until the KTA-600's popularity took off like a rocket. The stories of factory 3408s walking past K's up hills were because they faced a KT-450. Several guys bought a 450hp 3408 DITA, modified it, and succeeded in trouncing some of the factory KTA-600s that roamed the passes. The thing with a KTA-600 is that you never needed to upgrade it; there was so much power right out of the factory.
KTA-600 @2100 RPM (1974, 1977-1985) *
- 1650 lb/ft (2237 N•m) @1600 RPM - 10% rise †
KTA-525 @2100 RPM (1977-1983)
- 1650 lb/ft (2237 N•m) @1300 RPM - 26% rise
_Formula_ _525_ @1900 RPM (1977-1983)
- 1650 lb/ft (2237 N•m) @1300 RPM - 14% rise
KTA-525 (600 Derated) @2100 RPM (1976-1985)
- 1580 lb/ft (2142 N•m) @1600 RPM - 20% rise
KT-450 / KTC-450 @2100 RPM (1974-1985)
- 1350 lb/ft (1830 N•m) @1500 RPM - 20% rise
KT-425 (450 Derated) @2100 RPM (1974-1985)
- 1275 lb/ft (1729 N•m) @1500 RPM - 20% rise
KT-400 (450 Derated) @2100 RPM (1974-1985)
- 1200 lb/ft (1627 N•m) @1500 RPM - 20% rise
K = Cummins' family of 1150 ci (19L) inline-6 diesels
T = Turbocharged
A = Aftercooled
C = California - California has always had tighter emission standards than other US states. Often manufacturers had a model inter series tuned specifically to meet California emission standards. If a trucker based in California ordered a truck, it could only come with a California-certified engine. In the case of the KTC-450, Cummins had to aftercool a KT-450 to meet the standards.
* Both the KT-450 and KTA-600 were released for the 1974 trucking year. The KTA-600 was however, briefly taken away and brought back in 1977 when Cummins released the Big Cam I Series of 855s. All because it was too far ahead of the market; only about 2-3 went in a truck prior to '77. The KT-450's the only contenders at release were Cat's 1693TA (425 hp, 1275 lb ft) and Detroit Diesel's 12V-71N (456 hp 1200 lb/ft). The 12V-71T (525hp 1450 lb/ft) did exist, but it was almost mythical.
† The torque rating of 1650 Cummins gave for the KTA-600 has received lots of scrutiny and rumors that it output more torque than advertised. I tapped into a very informative thread in a facebook group discussing this rumor. A common reason spread about that Cummins never advertised it higher because the transmissions of that time weren't rated for that much torque. Lots of drivers and current-operators concluded that they believe the KTA-600 put out about 1700-1800 lb/ft (2305-2440 N•m) of torque.
I've worked with Caterpillar engines before, I can tell that they are reliable as hell.
Depends which motor. The 3116 was not a reliable marine engine, maybe ok in a light duty application.
@@formerice I haven't worked with marine, I've only worked with Caterpillar bulldozers and graders since my job is land based.
6 cylinder Mercedes HARD to beat as far as longevity best truck ever made and easy to drive
Not many ponies but you got to your des😊😊destination MAN another great truck Volvo even Scania so easy to drive. Yanks will disagree
Because they have not driven them.
In the Western Australian mines we run CAT 793F and 797 dump trucks. The 3516 quad turbo V16 engines are absolutely brilliant. The 3412 V12s in the D10 dozers are also brilliant. If it's not yellow it's rubbish.
I had a 19957 Mack with a 180hp Mack engine and a 5X4 trans. Hauled peaches and tomatoes during July-Oct, c.1976. When I drove Gonzales (S. of Salinas) to Oakland Ca, once a year they would load us up, and I hauled 100,000lbs of tomatoes, 130,000 lbs gross, up 101 and 17 to Fruitdale, Emeryville. She was a tad slow but paid well, did that 5 years.
Alright sounds good.
I got to know the owner of that blue Kenworth cabover a fair while ago - he had the engine rebuilt by William Adams, the Victorian Caterpillar dealer chain, and they ran it on their dyno… in a freshly rebuilt state, he said it put out 599hp at the flywheel
@@jeffsheldrakeSo you saw the Big Rigs interview haha
@@gm16v149hey up mate was sweet seeing your truck on this video, you even won the air start clip
Love these videos!
Now i really wanna see a video of the John Deere 6.8 PowerTech engine, my dad has a tractor with this engine well over 16k hours and still runs very smooth and still never changed or rebuild the injector pump or injectors. I'm just really impressed with how good that engine is
I’ve heard lots of guys say the 6.8L was a ticking time bomb. Of course, those guys operated 9560 STS and 9570 STS combines.
@@matthewkabanuk443 I'm not so familiar with the combines with that engine but here in South America are are a lot of tractors with the 6.8 and so far everybody loves it but on combines it might be another story for those 6.8
**Ford 7.3L PowerStroke V8 Turbo Diesel* (1994-2003)
@@tobyrempel8952 Probably because on a combine the engine is working at max or near-max rpm a lot of the time. Tractors of course vary the rpm a lot more.
Thank you for these videos maybe you could do one on the Detroit Diesel engine’s.
Nothing sounds better in a semi then the 3408... nothing sounds better then the 3412 in a CAT 992C.. so sweet
Not to mention, it had the deepest piston noise under load, like therapy ..
Uk RNLI fitted the 3408 in the Arun class lifeboat after the D343 was discontinued it was rated at 500 hp in direct injection form earlier versions had a précombustion arrangement
4:05 Road Warrior!
I ran a morebark grinder with a 3412, 1000 horse power. You fire that big cat up in the morning, you don't need any little blue pills. Best sounding engine on the planet
For sure, that clattering alongside the high pitched turbo whine is a uniquely Cat sound, still makes me smile and chuckle 45 yrs later
The 3408 did have a Bugbear , That Offset Crank was prone to SNAP . The 3406 was the better engine .
Straight 6 is by far the best engine configuration. Big torque and the most reliable.
I’ve talked to MANY 3408 operators in the 3408 Truck Engine group on Facebook. They’ve said time and time again that it was a very reliable crank. One guy worked at a Cat dealership and in his 40+ years of working there he said only about 2 3408s came in because of crank issues. The general advice is to keep one at 1700+ rpm when cruising.
**CAT 3408 **_V8_*
@@josecarrilloii4036 . Yeah , and What ?
@@matthewkabanuk443 The 3408 crank will only break if you don’t do bearing rolls at around 8,000 hours or lug it below 1400 rpm. I run my 3408 at 1650 rpm cruise at 79 tonnes gross. Obviously they need regular oil changes and oil sampling as well.
I loved the sound of a 3408 PCTA. Fuel economy wasn't as big of a deal when it was 40 cents a gallon.
When I idled through the truck stops about 1,100 rpm with the straight pipes rumbling people would just stop and stare. Man I loved it.
I worked on many cat engines. 3404 is another but awesome.
I drove a V-8 cat for Bob Bettenhausen in the late 70s early 80s I never knew how much horsepower it had but I tell you what I’ve never driven anything quite as powerful again even had an extra long nose and KW the engine was so big days gone by lots of fun
My favourite is the 3412 in the D9L s & D10N s
Caterpillar is for me the best heavy duty engines, very reliable, I work in railway machines and it's the only type of engine that I never have to fix 😂 cat 3512c ( V12 twin turbo ) 😁😁
As an "newbie", I guess the others would be Detroit Diesel, Cummins and EMD ? Or is there another brand that to you is less reliable than Cat ?
@@tartopom2669 I live in France, there is not a lot of cummins and I dont really know if Detroit exist in France 😉
For locomotive applications, it's only Caterpillar or MTU engines ( Rolls-Royce)
@@lecheapcarguy The CAT engine in the British class 68 sound awesome, but this is not the engine in this video but a C-175 16.
@@lecheapcarguy ah ! Je vois, la fiabilité légendaire de la mécanique anglaise s'applique aussi à ces types de moteurs alors 😂😂
@@tartopom2669 ah mais vous êtes francophone 🤣 a vrai dire avec un pseudo comme ça j'aurais du m'en douter 😂 tu parles pour MTU ?
I've run crewboats with quad 3412, and when those vessels came out they where the fastest oil field boats being able to blow every other crew boat doing 28 kts. I didn't like them though because at 10,000 hours they turned into ticking timebombs and it was just a matter of when you where going to have to swing the engine. Also the fuel lines where prone to cracking and misting fuel into the air. Thanks goodness diesel fuel is hard to catch fire.
Now the 35 series engines, those are some work horses. Ran anchor handlers with 4 3526 with 3000 HP each with 10's of thousands of hours on them and they just going.
I am very sure that the 3406E was being found in new trucks in the late 1990's........so the 3400 series did not die out in 1985. It was just that the 3408 fell out of use in trucks, because of cost and weight. In Australia, the 3408 and K19 Cummins were the engines of choice for triple (130,000 kg gross) and quad (166,000kg gross) road trains in remote regions. Operators were not driving "thousands of miles" on those engines........there were getting a million miles. At 6.08 that "double" road train is loaded with steel rail track sleepers from Whyalla and is negotiating a round about near a small place called Jamestown SA, Australia. The most common, large capacity V8 turbo diesel that was massively popular in Australia was the EM9-V8 used in Macks..........they would have outnumbered the 3408 about 400 to 1 and were common all through the 1980's until about 2000. The fuel price spike in about 2005 wiped them out.
Loggers up in Vancouver also ordered or swapped 3408 and 3412’s in their Pacific logging trucks which often hauled 150+tons (136,000kg). Of course they were in a similar boat of being outnumbered by old detroit v12’s but once they quit (especially the 12v92 which had a tendency to snap cranks between the blocks) they would swap them for just about anything else.
666 th . As a old school cat trained mechanic the 3406 and 3412 are so far ahead in there application at the time. The 3408 was just to heavy for road use cutting down on payload big time . Back in 1979 I knew of a fleet of heavy haul trucks that we're getting 450 to 500 reliable hp from 3406 carting up to 150tonnes 15speed road ranger 3 speed joey box and MAN reduction hub diffs in all of them chassis and cab was white road boss custom built $300k aud
Not thousands of miles. Millions.
That blue cabover looks familiar…
Recon you've had a drive of it
70.000 running hours?! Incredible that would be about 4.2million km at avg speed of 60km/h
My 3208 Cat was wore out at 12,000 hours but the block has no sleeves and it is a high rpm motor .. weighs my less 1,500# it's a medium duty motor
It’s simple, in the long run, it’s far less expensive to replenish your fuel than it is to replace your engine.
I have one in my ‘79 A model twin turbo making over 600hp and I’ll tell you what when I revived it stock these beasts feel like they make almost 600hp so mines probably making 700 or over.
They love fuel and they roll coal and tug that weight
Would love more on this subject, this time frame, before government mandated shenanigans. Especially the big Mack v8, the big Cummins v8 as well as Mac and Cummins 6 cyl’s.
3406b and C sold through 1994 🙏
Caterpillar engines is a similar biiiiiiig balls.yeaaaaaaah.only can You need listen they pipes like they turbo.oh men i love this sound.
Fun fact: Some Ford medium duty cab-over trucks were equipped with a CAT 3408 from factory, iirc.
I think I heard that Ford helped fund and provide r&d to make the 3408
@@johnherbold6539You guys are thinking of the smaller 3208 v8
That’s the 3208. Completely different animal. 10.4L compared to 18L.
3208 was very popular in cab over ford's.. garbage trucks, fire trucks etc..and general business made them a very popular choice at the time..
V8 Engine
Cat and john deere are the best engins 😊 in forestry
Caterpillar 3208 10.4L
Got one for sale
Hmm , I thought the 3508 was a more reliable engine. Worked on 3500 series for years up to 16 cylinder gen sets. 3600 gen set also exist, but I am not sure on reliability outside of their sweet spot. Have fun
Gentle pumpkin 24
Most reliable V8? D379 V8. Run 24/7 for years!
Nice sounding engines. But I still prefer Tatra V8s ;)
Only thing that sucks is they didn't have jakes
They had the CAT Brakesaver that’s as good as a Jake, but heavier and more costly.
@@gm16v149 yeah not the same without the sound tho
@@jnic2003 Always reminds me of a locomotive in dynamic braking especially at maximum braking power with the Horton fan on.
6:00 Sounds pretty much like an open-piped Scania V8!
I have two 3408 in my boat
So, that makes it a *CAT 3416 twin-turbo W16...?*
@josecarrilloii4036 no should just tax stupid people
The 3408 sounds as good as the Scania V8, almost similar.
Sadly we don't have many trucks with these CAT engines in Europe as most Euro truck manufacturers develop their own engine lines.
Only some small brands making specialist vehicles made sometimes use of CAT engines.
"Logged thousands of miles"
BRUH Diesels get MILLIONS of miles.
I don't know where you got the 1985 year for end of production, but it's still being made.
You can check CAT's site.
The 3412 is niw the C27, and its successor is called C32.
Makes almost twice the power btw.
So, I don't think the 3408 is that good really.
If you can make twice the power, while consuming less fuel, the starting point might not be that good after all.
Sure, reliability is important. But something tells me the C32 doesn't have to be rebuilt every week either, and with twice the power, it can do more work, while being cheaper to run.
In the US, 1985 was the last year the 3408 was certified for OTR trucking applications. The ever-tightening emissions standards prevented it from meeting further certifications.
Skanya - 770 motor diesel V-8.
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Only the CAT 3412 sounds better, I operated a D-9L which have them.
magnificent and most reliable engineering
do’nt think one can discount the extreme reliability against cost and fuel efficiency
plus
if one talks of 17k upt to 70k Lifespan Hours, the ballgame changes completely
not so?
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1055 cubic inches on a small block chevy firing order and a 65 degee vee to fit in the truck narrow frame we as in the best caterpiller eingine mechanic to live DANNY WHITE in salt lake city utah twin turboed the first 3408 iin 1978 which put out over 650 hp back then it was a pcta eingine the old clayterpiller pre cup style engine fuel system itwould build 70 pounds of boost at 1900 rpm it also was the first yruck released with an allison automatic tranmissin wich ran 450000 miles before being rebuilt it was in overdrive magazine way back when but it was the first one ever done it took 6 diffrent sets of turbos before he got it to perform the way it needed to for the transmissin that was in it it was owend bu bob weathers jv incorpated wich ran california to canada hauling groceries
I hate to be _that guy_ but, *punctuation* ; it's a thing!
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**908 CID (cubic inches)/14.9L (~14,881cc) CAT 3408E High-Output V8*
Volvo Fh 16-750 motor V-8❤️ ❤️
That's actually an inline 6. Volvo doesn't make V8. But Volvo recently introduced a new 17.3 litre i6 with 780hp and 3800Nm of torque for their FH16 truck (not called FH17 yet).
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Scania V8 >>>>>>
Making 800hp at 2300 rpm, that's never heard of 😂even so many supercars of today rev to 7000+rpm to produce that kind of Horsepower 😅
Well, A supercar doesn't have a 19 litre engine that weighs almost 2 tons. 😊
The largest diesel engine in the world is the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C. It produces over 107,000 hp at only 120rpm. The torque is enormous: It produces over 7.6 million Nm (5.6 million lbf-ft). It's used in really big ships.
Cat = cost and no more reliable than anything else
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Caterpillar 3208 10.4L