Well.... I was bored of my setup!!!!

swinky · Feb 7, 2015

CATDiezel said:
Well you just called out over half of the diesel performance repair shops and industry! LOL. Slam and go.

He's right though so who gives a ****?

stacked6.7 · Feb 7, 2015

PDT1081 said:
It's not the rod's fault if the builder doesn't check rod side clearance. I'd be willing to bet they didn't check bearing clearances either. A true motor builder checks those things, and many many more. A parts changer simply bolts everything together and hopes it lasts long enough to get paid.

That's very true. Doesn't matter if you go to confederate or MPD. A lot of these companies do things half a** and don't care about the final product.... But sorry for the derail. OP if you decide R&R rods just make sure and have the clearance checked and you should be fine.

bigrpowr · Feb 7, 2015

stacked6.7 said:
Doesn't matter if you go to confederate or MPD.

that's about the dumbest ***king thing I have ever read.

97stoker350 · Feb 7, 2015

bigrpowr said:
that's about the dumbest ***king thing I have ever read.

You sure about that? Ther was some pretty dumb **** said in the thread about your intake lmao

bigrpowr · Feb 7, 2015

97stoker350 said:
You sure about that? Ther was some pretty dumb **** said in the thread about your intake lmao

ok , well its WAY up there then.

Swsignal5 · Feb 7, 2015

Swsignal5 · Feb 7, 2015

stacked6.7 said:
That's very true. Doesn't matter if you go to confederate or MPD. A lot of these companies do things half a** and don't care about the final product.... But sorry for the derail. OP if you decide R&R rods just make sure and have the clearance checked and you should be fine.

We're the bolts stretch checked? Or just torqued in the sequence of the instructions? Lol

CATDiezel · Feb 7, 2015

swinky said:
He's right though so who gives a ****?

Yes. He's right. And over half the "kiddy industry" thinks Starrett is a brand of cool sunglasses. Affliction shirt anyone? LOL.

swinky · Feb 7, 2015

CATDiezel said:
Yes. He's right. And over half the "kiddy industry" thinks Starrett is a brand of cool sunglasses. Affliction shirt anyone? LOL.

He is right. Do you check clearances on the engines you build Mr cat mechanic?

CATDiezel · Feb 7, 2015

swinky said:
He is right. Do you check clearances on the engines you build Mr cat mechanic?

Yep. When your dealing with a $5,750,000 engine... yes. Still do with a $20,000 engine. Same gauges. Crank shaft deflection. Rod deflection. Rod and main bumps. Whole 10 yards. Gear train backlash. Inside mic bores. Ect ect. Counter bore protrusion list goes on for awhile.

And yes there is a bit of discrepancy between harbor freight indicators and precision calibrated indicators. NO PLASTI-GAUGE.

Haha. I should have just answered NO! LOL

CATDiezel · Feb 7, 2015

Nobody would dare..... LOL. Who cares right?

swinky · Feb 7, 2015

CATDiezel said:
Yep. When your dealing with a $5,750,000 engine... yes. Still do with a $20,000 engine. Same gauges. Crank shaft deflection. Rod deflection. Rod and main bumps. Whole 10 yards. Gear train backlash. Inside mic bores. Ect ect. Counter bore protrusion list goes on for awhile.

And yes there is a bit of discrepancy between harbor freight indicators and precision calibrated indicators. NO PLASTI-GAUGE.

Haha. I should have just answered NO! LOL

Yeah we've got two 3608s, two 3508s and a 3406 on my boat. We don't get that far into them though.

CATDiezel · Feb 8, 2015

Double post

CATDiezel · Feb 8, 2015

That's a fair show of horsepower. 3608 is indeed one of the best tunable engines on the market very well balanced engine. The plant I'm dedicated to full time is 72,000hp between 10 engines. 7 are 8,180+hp and 3 are 4750hp. All 16 cylinder.

Poor thread. It went AWOL!!!

Sorry to the original OP. Enjoying your build thread man!!

Swsignal5 · Feb 8, 2015

CATDiezel said:
That's a fair show of horsepower. 3608 is indeed one of the best tunable engines on the market very well balanced engine. The plant I'm dedicated to full time is 72,000hp between 10 engines. 7 are 8,180+hp and 3 are 4750hp. All 16 cylinder.

Poor thread. It went AWOL!!!

Sorry to the original OP. Enjoying your build thread man!!

Oh it's cool. Got plenty of stuff to gather before it gets interesting. Lol