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Old 01-15-2018, 10:30 AM   #15179
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Name: SmokinCAT
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Originally Posted by JWhite View Post
While I agree with what you said, you have to remember that Cummins is just a fly on CATs shoulder in the grand scheme of things. Cat can (and probably has) sold engines at a financial loss just to keep sales from competitors.

Cummins likes to do cost downs all the time. Like you said, cheapen up the valves until they break, then that engineering team just blames it on the rod bearings going out and there's piston contact
Yeah, because the 855 design isn’t one of the most sold engines all all time...
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