300 HP FC's

[Scott Forman]

What was different about the Cat 3208 used in the '87 FC to make it
produce more (300) HP? Can the 300 HP engine be retrofitted to older
FC's?

Thanks
Scott Forman
82 FC35RB
Memphis

[Jeff Miller]

In '87 the Wanderlodge interior, chassis, suspension, and driveline
were significantly redesigned.

The part that applies to your question is the chassis and the driveline.

The 300hp 3208ATAAC engine is different in the injection pump, injector
nozzles, turbocharger, and the addition of an aftercooler. It sits
lower and further back in the '87-'89 and has the aftercooler pipes
running over the top of the now shorter/lower radiator to the
aftercooler mounted in front of it (which needed the engine moved back
and the radiator moved down and back to make this happen).

In addition, the MT-643 transmission on the 3208Ta and 3208Na is rated
for a max. of 250hp, the 300hp 3208ATAAC has the ZF transmission rated
for more power and tuned to the flatter-lower power curve of the
3208ATAAC.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
wrote:
>
> What was different about the Cat 3208 used in the '87 FC to make it
> produce more (300) HP? Can the 300 HP engine be retrofitted to older
> FC's?
>
> Thanks
> Scott Forman
> 82 FC35RB
> Memphis
>