I found a 79' kw aerodyne with a 3408 cat.............
I'm into cabovers. They are dissapearing out here in CA.
So the 3406a would not be choice? What does a 3406b have ove the a?

 

3408 is amazing, but you're lookin at 25k for a rebuild

 

The truck is on the east coast. Shipping would cost me huge. Rebuild on anything big would be 10k and up, right?

 

No offense Bobcat, but I think any V configuration in a diesel is garbage. Tell the man if the can find one, YOU CANNOT BEAT a KTA600!!!!!!

 

I kinda have to agree with AF1 about the V8, they are mostly junk. The only two I like are the Mack E-9 and the Scania V8, because they sound cool and seem to hold together pretty well.

 

well i know the cat 3408 isn't garbage, they're a hell of an engine, but i guess to each their own

 

Well I'm just basing it off personal experience. We had one that one in a Ford at the fire dept. I used to volunteer at. Honestly, the truck spent more time in the shop than it did at the station due to issues with that motor.

 

v-8 mack equal awsome sounding pulling heavy stuff

 

Do you mean a 3208? I could be wrong but I thought only KW and Peterbilt put the 3408 in a truck. They had to have an extra long hood to fit the engine.

 

6v53, 6v71, 6v92, 8v71, 8v92, 12v71, 12v92, and the list goes on and on.

You saying two stroke detroits are garbage?