Cat 3406 valve cover numbers. What do I have here?

What is the engine serial #?

 

I know its not but what you described sounds just like a 96 frt liner I had that had a 3176b cat, it was rated at 365 HP but should have been used as a boat anchor! That was the worst pulling engine I have ever seen!

 

So you're saying that you are too busy Monday through Friday and don't have the time to investigate your options as to how to make this truck run better on these days. But that you expect someone else to help you out with this investigation on a Saturday or a Sunday regardless of what is happening in their own lives


Maybe I as brought up differently........... I know I'm somewhat old fashioned in what I consider to be politeness and etiquette. In today's society and instant contact with anyone and everyone on the Internet or cell phone, rudeness and impatience seems to prevail.

You ask if I or anyone else tuning ECMs is getting rich. I can't speak for the others, but I can say I'm making a living, but I'm not getting rich. Could I or do I want your business? Yes, but I'm not going to put up with your impatience or rudeness to get it. I work many hours in a week. I usually will answer my phone from 8:30 in the morning to 7:30 in the evening 5 days a week. Depending on the message someone leaves me on a weekend, I may call that person back to help them out. But if you'd like to anger me.........call me three or 4 times in fifteen minutes.......call me at 10:30 at night......see how fast I'll call ya back then.......your business isn't worth the interruption you feel you have into my life.........money doesn't replace the peacefulness you have stolen from me. Now with answering my phone, building turbos, flashing ECMs, working on my own truck.......you think I am happy working 70-80 hours in a week and want to sit on this forum on a Sat or Sun to answer your question at the drop of your hat. One thing I've learned about truck drivers, owners, is because they are working 24 hours a day, they feel everybody else should be too. You're allowing the seat in that truck to suck the etiquette and politeness out of you that your Mother taught you as a child, if she didn't teach you this, what a shame. I never started posting to this forum to generate revenue........in fact I was banned from this forum shortly after joining it for getting in an argument with another member about performance upgrades. A number of other members asked the Moderators to rescind the ban

Now you ask what do you have as far as the engine is concerned. You have either a CAT 3406E Model with a serial number that should start with 5EK or 6TS rated at 475 Hp at 2100 RPM. In your copy of the tag you also have a max power rating of 490 Hp this will be at 1800 RPM, but this will also depend on the Rating Number programmed in the Configuration File. This file could also depending on the rating number in the Configuration File be either a 1650 ft-lb of torque at 1200 RPM or a 1750 ft-lb of torque at 1200 RPM.


Now do you want 750 Hp from it? I can do it if it is built with the proper parts.

But so can Bruce at PP for more $$$$$$ than I'll charge....now what do you say about that?

So can Jerry, Shaun, Brady, Will, and a few others at PDI......would you like their number? Heck I can give you their cell numbers, if you'll think that will speed up your pursuit........want the owner's cell number too?

Now act like a gentleman, otherwise I don't exist, I'm a figment of the forum's imagination

 

My 3406c in my LTL is also exactly as you described. Unless i got that ##### to the floor, it doesnt like to roll at all, even empty. my light weight is 45k and its a dog on small hills even though i turned up the pump. it made it more responsive be didnt do much for torque in the hills.