{"id":67805,"date":"2021-02-18T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T00:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=67805"},"modified":"2021-02-18T18:49:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T00:49:00","slug":"big-bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27-0-l-cat-v12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=67805","title":{"rendered":"Big Bud 450\/50 Tractor with a 27.0 L CAT V12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=67810\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67810\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"67810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=67810\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Big-Bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27.0-L-Caterpillar-V12-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Big Bud 450-50 tractor with a 27.0 L Caterpillar V12 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Big Bud 450\/50 tractor with a 27.0 L Caterpillar V12&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Big-Bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27.0-L-Caterpillar-V12-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Big-Bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27.0-L-Caterpillar-V12-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Big Bud 450\/50 tractor with a 27.0 L Caterpillar V12\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-67810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Big-Bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27.0-L-Caterpillar-V12-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Big-Bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27.0-L-Caterpillar-V12-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Big-Bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27.0-L-Caterpillar-V12-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Big-Bud-450-50-tractor-with-a-27.0-L-Caterpillar-V12-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The owner of this Big Bud 450\/50 tractor set out to replace the motor. They swapped to a 27.0 L Caterpillar 3412 V12 that was previously being used at a hospital as a backup generator. To fit this beast of a motor, they had to extend the frame 22 inches and raise the cab eight inches. The video description states the V12 made 800 horsepower and 2700 lb-ft of torque on the dyno.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nWLjaTkKUzA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9deFpb-vQvTAI3Q1x6_qpg\">Sean Bronec<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshiftxl\/bangshiftxl-truck-videos\/farm-boys-swap-a-caterpillar-3412-into-a-big-bud-tractor\/\">BangShift<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of this Big Bud 450\/50 tractor set out to replace the motor. They swapped to a 27.0 L Caterpillar 3412 V12 that was previously being used at a hospital as a backup generator. To fit this beast of a motor, they had to extend the frame 22 inches and raise the cab eight&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=67805\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Bud 450\/50 Tractor with a 27.0 L CAT V12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":67810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[222],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tractor"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115435,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=115435","url_meta":{"origin":67805,"position":0},"title":"Monster Crown Vic with a Twin-Turbo 27 L V12 Takes First Run of 2024","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Daniel Werner woke his Meteor Interceptor project from winter slumber for its first run of 2024. 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