The War Path

[Electric Chicken]

Instead of making it Powered By C15 maybe make it say Kitteh Powah.

 

[Injun]

I think just the bottom 2 lines work better than either other option

Yep. Just the bottom 2 lines.

No need to mention it's not a 3406.

I agree, but I'm not a 3406 fan. All of them I've driven have been turds. Never drove Tim's Li'l Red, though.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I agree, but I'm not a 3406 fan. All of them I've driven have been turds. Never drove Tim's Li'l Red, though.

I have the original owners manual for my 1988 LTL9000. It lists the specs for both engine options, the Big Cam IV and the 3406b. There's only maybe 15hp difference.

 

[mndriver]

I’m green…

A:

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or
B:

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Opinions?

But not from envy…


Catch me needs to be on one line though..

 

[Electric Chicken]

I’m green…

But not from envy…


Catch me needs to be on one line though..

I'm seeing red.

 

[Duck]

I agree, but I'm not a 3406 fan. All of them I've driven have been turds. Never drove Tim's Li'l Red, though.

I think Tim's is a C-15

 

[389 Hood]

You guys didn't really drive any 'tuned' 3406B, four and a quarters, in the mid 80's. I would put the "B" that I had in my 85, 359, up against the C-16's and smile as I went by.

They may have eeeked out 1 mpg more, but I was over one hill and up the next before the '16' go to the top of the first one.

HP is just that, a number. It's the torque that pulls the load and the driver that knows how to 'read' his gauges. The "B" was at it's finest at 1200, with 'Kitty Litter' blowing out of the stacks and 65psi going into the manifold. The pyrometer reads 1100F. You settle back in the seat and prepare for the left lane pull.

 

[Electric Chicken]

You guys didn't really drive any 'tuned' 3406B, four and a quarters, in the mid 80's. I would put the "B" that I had in my 85, 359, up against the C-16's and smile as I went by.

They may have eeeked out 1 mpg more, but I was over one hill and up the next before the '16' go to the top of the first one.

HP is just that, a number. It's the torque that pulls the load and the driver that knows how to 'read' his gauges. The "B" was at it's finest at 1200, with 'Kitty Litter' blowing out of the stacks and 65psi going into the manifold. The pyrometer reads 1100F. You settle back in the seat and prepare for the left lane pull.

You sound like a meme.

 

[389 Hood]

Just the facts, sir. Just the facts.

 

[Injun]

I think Tim's is a C-15

I think you're right. It's the ACERT. Li'l Red is a 2007. But there are ....just a few mods to that engine.

This one is a 6NZ.

389, I stand by my statement.

 

[Injun]

Catch me needs to be on one line though..

I think it looks cleaner in the bottom one.

 

[Duck]

I think you're right. It's the ACERT. Li'l Red is a 2007. But there are ....just a few mods to that engine.

We were about 7,000 over gross, climbing a grade that had other trucks crawling with their blinkers on.

Tim said "look at the speedometer". We were doing 70 mph.

Yeah, slightly modified.

 

[Electric Chicken]

We were about 7,000 over gross, climbing a grade that had other trucks crawling with their blinkers on.

Tim said "look at the speedometer". We were doing 70 mph.

Yeah, slightly modified.

I'd probably blow up a truck like that but man that'd be nice. Maintaining speed I mean. Not kaboom.

 

[Injun]

I'd probably blow up a truck like that but man that'd be nice. Maintaining speed I mean. Not kaboom.

It needed a rebuild at 750K, just a tad premature, but he was laying down around 850 with it.

 

[Duck]

It needed a rebuild at 750K, just a tad premature, but he was laying down around 850 with it.

I think I remember he kept blowing head gaskets or something.

 

[Injun]

I think I remember he kept blowing head gaskets or something.

Yeh... Well, that's weird, huh..

 

[Injun]

Hey, is it just me, or is rain kind'a not good for sheetrock?

 

[389 Hood]

He's lucky. His cargo insurance will only have to fight to avoid paying for half a load and not a full load.

389, I stand by my statement.

You are allowed. I was only putting 750 to the ground with the 'B'.

I had 4 trucks with the C-15, 500 & 550 and one with the C-16 600. I still say the 'B' would out perform the 16 out West. It walked up the Rockies, with 200k gross like nothing. The 16 just didn't have the grunt, even with a mild tune to the ECM. I never put it on a dyno, but the torque value of the 16 was just 150 ft pds less than the B. It pulled the best at the bottom end as long as you didn't have the pedal all the way down. It would cool off if you did.

Gearing, trans ratio, has a lot to do with it too!

 

[BlackBart]

You guys didn't really drive any 'tuned' 3406B, four and a quarters, in the mid 80's. I would put the "B" that I had in my 85, 359, up against the C-16's and smile as I went by.

They may have eeeked out 1 mpg more, but I was over one hill and up the next before the '16' go to the top of the first one.

HP is just that, a number. It's the torque that pulls the load and the driver that knows how to 'read' his gauges. The "B" was at it's finest at 1200, with 'Kitty Litter' blowing out of the stacks and 65psi going into the manifold. The pyrometer reads 1100F. You settle back in the seat and prepare for the left lane pull.

Ever pop a head gasket running boost like that?

 

[Duck]

Yeh... Well, that's weird, huh..

No. It tends to happen when you upgrade your turbo.

Tim has two of these: