Re: 3208 cat v-8

Posted by JDknut on July 26, 2006 at 03:45:01 from (152.119.204.81):

In Reply to: 3208 cat v-8 posted by wanttabefarmer on July 25, 2006 at 20:09:11:

For all the talk about the CAT 3208 being a "throw-away" engine, this is really a decent engine that has been used for over 35 years in fire trucks, tractor trailers (intra-city applications), ag tractors, CAT hoes, etc., and it does well for what it was designed as- a mid-range engine. The "throw-away" refers to the engine being parent bore, but it certainly is rebuildable except for the block and there have been a lot of other parent bore engines in the same application that are as good-Ford New Holland, Cummins B, International Powerstroke (t-444E), 3116 and 3126 successors to the CAT 3208, etc. As for any V-8, they do not lug as well as an inline engine of the same size, this is a function of the shorter sroke of the V-8. But keep the revs up and use the engine within its design limitations and you will do fine, just as for any two-cycle Detroit. just my $0.02.

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