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monty, the 3208 is just a very noisey engine. the fuel knock is very loud and i had to have hearing protection not because of the exhaust but because of the engine noise. i had a new engine and we chased the noise several times even changing brands of pistons. but as i said i had a stock ldt...

right jeff, it's the same size motor and i don't think from a practical point it makes any more power than a 'turned up' ldt and i've had both. dual stacks and twin turbos............. now where can i find a 9 litre international??

also as to the radiator.......... when i had the 3208 cat motor i did not even have a shrould on the rad fan and had no problem with cooling. but, i did have a good radiator that i serviced and made sure the tubes were open before i used it.

i had the same truck that bjorn has now (ford made 8x8) with the highest output lds ever made, 205 hp. mine did not have a waste gate. the boost was around 14psi at 1200f. this is real close to what you can do with an ldt.

both engines have oil cooled pistons. the lds has passages in the pistons that the oil flows through to cool them a little better. i think you can turn the fuel up to almost 200 hp on the ldt, i have done this on all my trucks and get a boost pressure of 12 psi instead of the stock 9 psi. post...