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The Detroit Diesel thread
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:03 pm
by kevm14
I thought I had one of these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rws_2kFahBI
I like the message here, though I'm not sure his audience appreciated the technical points.
Re: The Detroit Diesel thread
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:49 pm
by kevm14
12V53.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWrg3cFod7Q
It revs so fast. That's a 10.4L V12. Detroits are sweet. This one is capable of 3000 rpm.
Re: The Detroit Diesel thread
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:17 am
by kevm14
16V149. Not for over the road use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CNzRsn2W5I
This is a 39L V16 engine with quad turbos. Fairly conservative factory rating.
1,070 hp @ 1900 rpm and 3,106 lb-ft @ 1400 rpm. What's cool about Detroits is that even the larger engines still have RPMs.
Another 16V149.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sLbPzBU5a8
A 16V149 hooked to a 1.5MW Kohler generator. Long vid, as they do a 4 hour load test on it. When they get to 1.3MW you really hear the turbos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KvaHf3XHo
Appears to be the same, or very similar, unit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJl7Th8uMDY
Re: The Detroit Diesel thread
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:14 pm
by kevm14
How about a 2-71 generator?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DuFlnIFKA
12-20kW on these. Inline 2 cylinder, 2.3L of displacement.
Re: The Detroit Diesel thread
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:29 pm
by kevm14
I'll take a little liberty and put EMD stuff in here, too, since they were both owned by GM at one point and are 2-stroke diesels.
Train starting up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNR8dYzeCkc
Re: The Detroit Diesel thread
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:33 pm
by kevm14
EMD repair.
Be sure to check out the replacement cylinder liner, piston and connecting rod assembly around 2:30. It requires a crane.
Also some kind of pneumatic nut torqueing machine at 8:40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I44qjA_1mEA
Fun fact: Detroit Diesels and EMD engines are both 2-stroke and have 4 intake valves per cylinder. The exhaust vents out the bottom of the cylinder after the power stroke.