Ford F-150 with a CAT diesel!

roflmao, yea and the space shuttle has a cat sticker too, however nasa ujoints are made of kryptonite.



perkins makes a great 6cyl 354cu in, i heard this is the cat chevy & ford were considering for there pickup trucks

 

The 4.5 litre Navistar V6 (3/4 of a 6.0 PSD) used in International & Ford LCF's was originally intended for the F-150.

Hmm...seems to me Detroit does the same thing. I recall the "Series 40" is an International DT466E painted green.

Don't remind me. I'm stuck with a 2005 F-650 with a dog of a C7 ACERT in it. I'd rather have a Cummins ISC.

Uhh, actually...yeah, it really does. Think: Allison B600 trannies and transit-bus axles. Most MH's I've seen run the Cummins, but some have Cats...and many of the bus conversions, of course, run Detroits.

 

Hey, I'm glad to hear the shuttles have those kryptonite u-joints on the big Canadian-built arm.

Now....can I possibly get a job at NASA as a "U-Joint greaser"? I bet not. That'd be a great job that's never advertised, so I'd need to know somebody to nail down that job.

 

No can do...it's not even a company truck--it's rented from Penske.

 

I am an independent engineering consultant for CAT..
Its no secret that Perkins makes all of CATs smaller engines (Below C7).

I would be VERY reluctant to purchase a Tier 3 07 Cat diesel... The problems are just beginning with that thing. Additionally, CAT is currently frozen on problem resolution with that engine due to budgets, which, ironically, is due to the fact that they arent selling any of them.

The next generation of engines (Tier 4, 2010) will be considerably more difficult to get EPA certification.

I can tell you from what I have heard, it is VERY VERY possible that CAT will get out of the On-highway engine business before that. I have not heard of any serious contenders, but re-branding an engine is not out of the question.

 

It sounds like CAT's leaving, if it does leave the highway-engine scene, will be justified. All the new EPA regulations will put so much red tape between design and a finished product, CAT may indeed just call it quits. And I'm sure it will only get worse, as even tighter regs will be coming down the pipe in the coming years.

I predict that fewer trucks will be on the highways in the coming years anyway, and maybe CAT sees the world as I see it. The writing on the wall might be telling them it's time to stop building highway engines. They'd be smart to devote their resources to locomotive engines and maybe the entire locomotives themselves.