KAD44
The Volvo Penta KAD44 is the 260 hp top of the compressor-charged 3.6-litre six-cylinder family, a 24-valve, electronically governed diesel sold as an Aquamatic sterndrive package with the DP-E Duoprop drive.
KAD44 is the most powerful of Volvo Penta's classic compressor-charged sterndrive diesels: the familiar 3.6-litre six, but with four-valve cylinder heads, a lower 16.5:1 compression ratio and EDC electronic diesel control governing both the injection pump and the compressor, which the EDC unit runs as a torque controller. Rated 191 kW (260 hp) at 3800 rpm with the DP-E drive, it was sold from 1997 in P, P-A, P-B and P-C revisions - including a KAD44P EDC Professional commercial version - until the common-rail D6 replaced the family. It is the designation to look for on faster 1990s and early-2000s Nordic sterndrive cruisers, and the one where a compressor or EDC fault costs the most to put right.
Specifications
Power
- Power
- 260 hp
- Power (kW)
- 191 kW
- Rated speed
- 3800 rpm
Engine
- Configuration
- inline-6
- Cylinders
- 6
- Displacement
- 3.6 L
- Aspiration
- turbo + supercharger + aftercooler
- Weight
- 572 kg
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mounting
- Inboard
- Drive type
- Sterndrive
Reviews
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Sources
- 1. Volvo Penta Aquamatic Duoprop KAD44P EDC/DP Professional - product leaflet (02-2003) — AB Volvo Penta
- 2. Volvo Penta KAD/KAMD44P operator's manual — AB Volvo Penta (via ManualsLib)
Specifications compiled from manufacturer sources.