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That an OLD 3408 TA Cat... Not much HP in that one, especially for its weight. Transplant a JRE in there and you could double the HP. Pretty cool old truck though.

 

I dunno...it could prolly pull Haiti...everyone there is skinny...

 

would the crank even fit in the corner of your living room

 

nope!..........

 

The truck sure has a long hood for a V-6 (albeit a BIG one)

That V-16 is just bad to the bone!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSx0AKguOtw
how about this cummins V-16
or a cool video of a EMD SD-70 two stroke diesel starting up 4000 hp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYd7hYIXDeU
horn is warning that the auto start is engaged

 

Another here, ebay item # 230175869322

 

Cat 3408's were only good for maybe 425 Hp in the day. Now you get 15-18L inline sixes with 600 hp and near 2000 ft-lbs torque that weigh less and get better mileage.. FWIW... Yellow is a nice colour though..

 

LIL, we have some customers around here that have BFM's (c-18) that are 860 hp.......

 

we have 2 cranes with 3408's. the real fun is the 6 of them with 3508's. i have 2 3508's in my classroom shop area for toys.

 

D-Zilla... have you seen/heard about the C-175 thats out now??.. Its a common rail 16 cylinder...looks like a hybrid between the current 3500C's and the old 6 1/4 bores... Bu-Koo H.P.
The '08s u have, r they A or B engines???

 

Yea, the pic you guys have is for a 2-4MW EPG, which ive been working on at Lafayette . They will be producing a 20 cylinder to replace the 3524 that goes in the 797 truck though. These things are fire breathers guys.

More info -->
http://www.cat2-4mw.com/index.html

sweet screensaver
http://www.cat.com/cda/files/390814/...aver_setup.exe

The bore on the engine is 175mm if yur wondering where they got the name.

 

I got to see one running on a load bank last year in Peoria.... They were playing with the fuel programming the day I saw it...
Guess thats where the N.G. and diesel will split, 3500 will eventually go to the C-175 design, and the 3500 series N.G. possibly go to the 3520 phase II design using the Raptor valve???..

 

I work alot with 3500 series N.G engines in the field. Many packagers used the 3500 frames about 5 years ago, but now with Waukesha out with Series Four 12 cyls with over 1500 hp, its hard for Cat to compete.