Does Anyone Have a Guess on MPG for a 3406E Thats Been Treated with Micro Blue

Diesel Dave · Jul 14, 2019

ibcalm19 said: ↑

I had that set up only difference was a 13 speed in a 1997 fld no micr blue . I drove conservatively to get the best mpg. I ran from Pittsburgh to fort Lauderdale fl weekly. I was in the 6.5 area. When I say conservatively I mean 62-64 mph(yup) once in awhile to pass someone. The thing is to me cat was never designed for mpg to compete with Detroit & Cummins for mpg. On top of that their parts are more expensive. If we are looking at dollars in our pocket in the long end Cat will always come up short. I have a Detroit 12.7 I'm in 8 mpg(KW T600) it had 1.3 million on it before the rebuild. No offense to Cat owners but for me I wouldn't own one again. I just spoke to a guy running a 2019 Volvo 860 coming from denver co to Harrisburg pa. running 70-75 35k avg 7.5 he said. For the last haul for me I'm going to customize my W900 & under the hood would be nothing but the green monster. I nicknamed the Cat the yellow Lemon sucker. All the best to you.
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A very conservative reply and extremely funny........ I still can’t stop lol.......

ibcalm19 · Jul 14, 2019

Trucker Kev Paid Tourist said: ↑

what's micro blue?
I prefer motorkote
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Micro blue coating is used to reduce friction on bearings, pistons, gears etc very common .

Trucker186 · Jul 14, 2019

One guy got 9 mpg using the stuff on a Cat and that's verified via IFTA

Trucker Kev Paid Tourist · Jul 14, 2019

ibcalm19 said: ↑

Micro blue coating is used to reduce friction on bearings, pistons, gears etc very common .
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sounds like a knock off of motorkote..I've been using Ed Gibbs products for over 15 years

Trucker186 · Jul 14, 2019

ibcalm19 said: ↑

I had that set up only difference was a 13 speed in a 1997 fld no micr blue . I drove conservatively to get the best mpg. I ran from Pittsburgh to fort Lauderdale fl weekly. I was in the 6.5 area. When I say conservatively I mean 62-64 mph(yup) once in awhile to pass someone. The thing is to me cat was never designed for mpg to compete with Detroit & Cummins for mpg. On top of that their parts are more expensive. If we are looking at dollars in our pocket in the long end Cat will always come up short. I have a Detroit 12.7 I'm in 8 mpg(KW T600) it had 1.3 million on it before the rebuild. No offense to Cat owners but for me I wouldn't own one again. I just spoke to a guy running a 2019 Volvo 860 coming from denver co to Harrisburg pa. running 70-75 35k avg 7.5 he said. For the last haul for me I'm going to customize my W900 & under the hood would be nothing but the green monster. I nicknamed the Cat the yellow Lemon sucker. All the best to you.
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Don't get me wrong I love Detroit almost as much as I love cats BUT if the mpg I've heard is TRUE then power would be on my side along with mpg.

Trucker186 · Jul 14, 2019

Trucker Kev Paid Tourist said: ↑

sounds like a knock off of motorkote..I've been using Ed Gibbs products for over 15 years
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They have been around for alot of years and did racing parts mostly but they started truck parts and i have heard great things about them. This isn't a additive this is something they coat the parts in. I've heard that if you do bearing the truck is a lot smoother and if you get a rebuild kit from them you get more power mpg and less vibration.

Trucker186 · Jul 14, 2019

Diesel Dave said: ↑

A very conservative reply and extremely funny........ I still can’t stop lol.......
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Hey Dave have you ever heard of micro blue,don't take this as a insult but you've been in this along time so I figure you might would know something about it.

skellr · Jul 14, 2019

Trucker186 said: ↑

I just have been wondering what kind of mpg one could get for the big kitty if it and the trans,rears etc were treated.
lets say specs like this.
550 HP
3.55 Rear Ends
11r24.5 Tires
18 Speed .76 Overdrive
and of course everything treated in micro blue.
Im not asking exact just asking ball park. Like is it gonna be 6.5 or more ?
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Something to read while you wait...
site:https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/ "micro blue" at DuckDuckGo

Diesel Dave · Jul 14, 2019

Trucker186 said: ↑

Hey Dave have you ever heard of micro blue,don't take this as a insult but you've been in this along time so I figure you might would know something about it.
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I’ll keep it short and sweet kid,...... yep I’ve heard of it, nope, would never spend a cent on it.

Trucker186 · Jul 14, 2019

Ok.

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