I saw a 79 F-250 4x4 with a 6V53 and a Ranger 7 speed in it. The conversion was done very nicely, it was a neat truck but I imagine a bit on loud side in the cab! Very loud I would guess.
2-Stroke GM diesels.
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If you have a diesel, you can make it a 2-stroke: http://www.rotecdiesel.com/
Looks interesting...
Looks interesting...
I had an MCI bus converted to a motorhome with a 8V71TA and it was unbreakable. It was also not too good on mileage. The one thing was that it was easy to work on and needed very few special tools. The wrist pins were the same size as the rocker shafts and you could use one to knock the other one out. This engine was designed with the mechanic in mind and you can't say that about many modern engines.
i worked on a lot of the 16V149 deisel generators installed in us navy perry class frigates. what a hog them things were! i like the 71 series a lot better. a good 6-71 is a good engine.
Worked on some of the G.E. 25MW gas turbines a long time ago.
They had a 12V-something as the "starter motor" for the G.T.
Push "start", and the air starter would whir into action. The diesel would catch, give two good clear revs, then the controls would fill the fluid coupling, and run the diesel flat bickies to drag the turbine up to self sustaining speed.
The diesel was, without doubt, the highlight of the start procedure.
They had a 12V-something as the "starter motor" for the G.T.
Push "start", and the air starter would whir into action. The diesel would catch, give two good clear revs, then the controls would fill the fluid coupling, and run the diesel flat bickies to drag the turbine up to self sustaining speed.
The diesel was, without doubt, the highlight of the start procedure.
I saw a 24V149 in a dyno room at Detroit Diesel. That was big.
Most of what wreckerman said was true, we owned alot of Detroits and have never seen a red one, but that doent say they didnt exsist. a 1974 Pete probably would have a 318 Detroit which wasd the engine of the day back then. We had a 1974 Brockway with one. The 8v92 we had was silver, the Silver92 was what Detroit called them.The one we had was a 445 and ran excellent, they were available in 475 HP also, and slobbered little oil(note: Detroits slobbered oil out the breather they really didnt burn it). We had a Series 60 ( 4 stroke, electronic)later they were green again. we didnt like ours it was 450 and had alot of trouble with it, blew up twice. But they claim the 450 was a bad engine, and had alot of problems with the pistons flaking, both incidents were covered under warranty, the 425 series 60 ran forever this was in 1994. Another interesting note is the early detroits were designed for marine applications and if you lugged one too much it would run backwards, pulling air through the exhuast and blowing exhaust out the air cleaner, not a healthy senario. They were made to run and you would offen downshift at 1900 rpm on a hill and attempt to stay at 2200 to 2300.
DD would paint them any color an OEM wanted, but most OEMs stuck with the stock colors.
that's pretty neat.
Maybe if the Olds diesel used such a system, they'd have not broke so much.
No the problem was G.M.quality.
Maybe if the Olds diesel used such a system, they'd have not broke so much.
No the problem was G.M.quality.
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