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cummins cowboy

cummins cowboy

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What options are there for an aftermarket turbo for a 3406e? Cat wants $2300 for a replacement and looking for other options
 
PDI is the only company that comes to mind

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Any t6 (if that's what you have) charger should work. I would think like a gt55 or a s480+ charger would work. Forced inductions could answer your questions great.
 
BORG WARNER TURBO #: 174259
ENGINE MANUFACTURER: CATERPILLAR
ENGINE MODEL: 3406C/ E
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT #: ALL 375 TO 435 HP
VEHICLE APPLICATION: TRUCK
YEAR: 1994-2001, 1999-2001



BORG WARNER TURBO #: 175963
ENGINE MANUFACTURER: CATERPILLAR
ENGINE MODEL: 3406E/ 3456 /C16
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT #: 161-6352/ 0R-7285
VEHICLE APPLICATION: TRUCK
YEAR: 1998-2001


BORG WARNER TURBO #: 174260
ENGINE MANUFACTURER: CATERPILLAR
ENGINE MODEL: 3406E
VEHICLE APPLICATION: TRUCK
YEAR: 1994-2001


BU Drive

You can buy them here....They are out of Colorado
 
ok, here is the part numbers to put together what PDI is selling as their stage 1 charger. It's a non wastegated BW and runs awesome. I think it can be bought for like $1200 and unlike the OEM cat charger the shaft is bigger than a pencil lead and will cool up to like 800hp. It's a direct bolt on with the small exception that the exhaust will be about 1/2" short but that can usually be pulled out of the flex pipe.

SP 175958 Compressor housing


ST 175964 S410G Cartridge


SP 171698 S400 Turbine Housing


SP 193784 V Clamp


SP 132681 V Clamp
 
Good deal. Im going to assume that compressor housing has the cat flange on it and that the exhaust housing wont affect the jake operation?
 
cummins cowboy said:
Good deal. Im going to assume that compressor housing has the cat flange on it and that the exhaust housing wont affect the jake operation?
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Yeah it is a direct bolt on, it is a C16 turbo replacement from BW, but for it to work well on the smaller engines it needs the exhaust housing swapped out. The jakes will work fine with the 1.32 housing.
 
Cat engine brakes are just for making noise anyway, they don't really do much lol

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SFP12valve said:
Cat engine brakes are just for making noise anyway, they don't really do much lol

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Only on the B models, seem to work great on the rest unless you have a huge charger.
 
Nothing works as good as a Jacobs brake on an 855 cummins though Haha

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SPF12 valve , obviously you havent ridden in a properly tuned Cat! Even a B model that is tuned right and doesnt have a huge exhaust housing will hold back like a Cummins!
 
I can't say that I have, the last cat I drove was a 3406e in a 99 Pete heavy haul truck And it didn't impress me really Haha, the truck I run now is an 07 Pete with a 550 isx cummins, and I love the engine brake in this truck

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SFP12valve said:
Cat engine brakes are just for making noise anyway, they don't really do much lol

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I will agree to some extent, my B model jake sucks, but the one on my old mans E model works rather well.

I do know they have to be adjusted regularly to work the best.

When one of the rods comes out the side of that isx the jake won't do much good. LoL :kick:
 
SmokinCAT said:
I will agree to some extent, my B model jake sucks, but the one on my old mans E model works rather well.

I do know they have to be adjusted regularly to work the best.

When one of the rods comes out the side of that isx the jake won't do much good. LoL :kick:
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You keep your damn mouth shut, I'm going to have to end up buying one of those red boat anchors. Just hoping that after $8k worth of deletes and ECM tuning it MIGHT keep up with a C12.:doh:
 
jfaulkner said:
You keep your damn mouth shut, I'm going to have to end up buying one of those red boat anchors. Just hoping that after $8k worth of deletes and ECM tuning it MIGHT keep up with a C12.:doh:
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Use good oil and filters! USP Freight may never tell you that orange oil filters and extended drain intervals on an ISX are bad juju. One of my buddies drives for them and they've had more than one ISX dangle rods from lack of lubrication...they have a contract to transport orange filters.
 
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