599 hp 3406

I bet most of you think I’m crazy but I remember moving an open bowl cat scraper several years ago that had 1 big engine…it was a 3406 jwac and the valve cover said 599 hp. It was probably a b model iirc or maybe a c but definitely a mechanical fuel system.
Does anyone know anything about this, because it might be fun in a truck?

 

Could be, but I also remember thinking that it was odd to be 599 and then checking that what it said in kw matched.
Although maybe I am just crazy lol

 

It was probably a 621 but i don’t remember…possibly the valve cover had been from something else. It appears that there is indeed a 599 hp genset engine.

 

I wouldn’t argue that a computer engine can’t do better. Actually I have a truck I work on with a c15 that will slip a 2250 clutch like it’s covered in grease. Despite the advantages I prefer the mechanical ones because I don’t need anyone to give me permission to make it do what I want and I don’t need someones computer to figure out why it won’t run and there’s something fun about a strong mechanical. I used to have a big cam that would break the tires loose in 7th on a 9 speed with an empty hopper trailer…it was a lot of fun hauling grain to the river because I could pass most of the new shiny trucks the rich farmers were driving with my 9370 that was half paint less on the first good hill and the grumbling on the cb at the terminal was worth the wasted fuel