RockinRam96
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Obviously things can change but the V8s I've known guys to have and work every day weren't to reliable in my opinion. A Cat and a Mack
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Truckers, lets see your rigs!
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1-5-3-6-2-4
Low-Tech Redneck
D11R has a 3508. Not a 3408.
1-5-3-6-2-4
Low-Tech Redneck
D11T use C32. V12.
Leiffi
New member
Then how are N14 and M11 Celects converted to mechanical ? They didnt change heads but said N14 head looked much better for flow and bottom end also looked stronger. I asked him about fretting problem but had never even heard about it and didnt change bearings when building his pulling engine.
Leiffi
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I think he will sell it in USA.
Leiffi
New member
They advance timing to rpm, load and emissions. Timing maps look very strange, it's easy to see at what point nox emissions are measured when timing is retarded a lot, sometives goes to negative. We just found out that Euro3 Scania V8 engines camshaft is so retarded that maximum advance you can get is about 15 degrees, Euro4 and 5 use DEF, their cam is much more advanced, you can get about 25-27 degrees advance, those can be programmed to burn clean at very high power levels, stock injectors and 74mm Garrett gets over 900 hp reliable.
SmokinCAT
Cheap and Easy.
Let me look into the M11 STC body, could be something to that.
SmokinCAT
Cheap and Easy.
What was unreliable about the 3408, it has more in common with the 3406 than it has differences.
Also like to hear about these 998 issues.
RockinRam96
Active member
My experience is with one of each of the V8s that guys we know had.
The Cat I knew about had injector cup/ head issues. Would put water in the oil. He got a new head and solved the problem but said it was pretty common in the 3408s.
The Mack had cylinder liner issues, wrist pin issues and injector issues. That was when he was working it daily at 750 hp, before he took it off the road as strictly a puller.
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SmokinCAT
Cheap and Easy.
If the nozzle adapter has issues in an 08 then it would have the same issues in an 06, parts are not different, the head is almost identical to a square port 3406 head with two cylinders cut off and different style intake.
Sounds like he had an oiling issue more so than anything, the nozzles I find hard to believe, Bosch parts just don't give that much trouble unless he had someone take them apart to work them over that didn't know what they were doing.
We have swapped the same set of nozzles between two engines that have been modified twice over the last 10 years with no issues, heck they have been out of the engine more than I care to count. Same goes for when the pistons were pulled a couple seasons back to have reliefs cut, no liner or pin issues.
Sounds like he had an oiling issue more so than anything, the nozzles I find hard to believe, Bosch parts just don't give that much trouble unless he had someone take them apart to work them over that didn't know what they were doing.
We have swapped the same set of nozzles between two engines that have been modified twice over the last 10 years with no issues, heck they have been out of the engine more than I care to count. Same goes for when the pistons were pulled a couple seasons back to have reliefs cut, no liner or pin issues.
SmokinCAT
Cheap and Easy.
If the nozzle adapter has issues in an 08 then it would have the same issues in an 06, parts are not different, the head is almost identical to a square port 3406 head with two cylinders cut off and different style intake.
Sounds like he had an oiling issue more so than anything, the nozzles I find hard to believe, Bosch parts just don't give that much trouble unless he had someone take them apart to work them over that didn't know what they were doing.
We have swapped the same set of nozzles between two engines that have been modified twice over the last 10 years with no issues, heck they have been out of the engine more than I care to count. Same goes for when the pistons were pulled a couple seasons back to have reliefs cut, no liner or pin issues.
Sounds like he had an oiling issue more so than anything, the nozzles I find hard to believe, Bosch parts just don't give that much trouble unless he had someone take them apart to work them over that didn't know what they were doing.
We have swapped the same set of nozzles between two engines that have been modified twice over the last 10 years with no issues, heck they have been out of the engine more than I care to count. Same goes for when the pistons were pulled a couple seasons back to have reliefs cut, no liner or pin issues.
mpeters0991
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Sorry I had read that before but forgot last night.
Chrisd91
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I know a local fleet that preferred 903s to 855s back in the day for fuel economy reasons
hotfarm1066
Member
On the ag side a 903 and 855 in identical tractors doing the same job the 903 would get double the fuel economy. That being said we have no 903s any more and 3 855s in our tillage tractors.
Chrisd91
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Their biggest problem was parts availability after the 903 started being used in Bradleys
hotfarm1066
Member
One of the main reasons we got away from them (and they are a pain in ass to work on compared to a in line, which is the reason I think smaller v engine went by the way side). That and 855s are everywhere. Speaking of the Bradleys I've always heard there are hundreds of 903s sitting at the bottom of the ocean off the east and west coast has anyone else heard that?
Leiffi
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MB used V8 before they switched to DD world engine, Scania still has big V8, one of the best engines these days, reliable, powerful and fuel efficient. But inline engines have more space for all this emissions crap, like EGR coolers etc.
Leiffi
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I heard 560 hp version in Europe and 610 in Australia had problems with blocks cracking sooner or later.
will24
That guy
Anything United defense ever rebuilt for the military should be at the bottom of the ocean! Holy garbage batman
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