Will it fit?
- Thread starter McRat
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Two stroke, supercharged + turbocharged, governor limited at 405HP, used for self-propelled howitzers.
will it fit!! Make it fit... who needs a fire wall anyway. when I was in diesel school one of my insructors had 6v53 in his dodge... much smaller though. but check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3yohoCqD2E&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84
Very easy to turn up with right injectors ,well tuned rack ,limiting speed governor instead of torque limiting , fuel pressure increase . They make a fluid dampner for them factory part . Run the cam timing one tooth advance instead of straight up has marks for both . Make sure it has 100% blower instead of 80% . Both look same externally just one has thinner housing and larger lobes . But real power is in the turbo, blower is there for scavanging. By the valve cover shape I would say it has four valve heads instead of older two valve heads . And really rare and damn near impossible to find is the few the military aluminum blocks . There is also 8v53 out there as well will rev a little higher than the 72 series but they tend to be hard on cranks .
That thing sounds crazy. :thumb: I'll bet the neighbors hate it when he cranks it up.
Screw the neighbors. That would be sweet sounding every morning.
And you could pull whatever the axle would handle.
Might need a body lift and a cowl hood to make it fit. No 4wd as you will need the extra room for the Detroit.
And you could pull whatever the axle would handle.
Might need a body lift and a cowl hood to make it fit. No 4wd as you will need the extra room for the Detroit.
Holyshit man! That thing is a work of art! I got goosebumps watching that video.
Nick
I gotta admit the smell of the old 2 strokes on a cool morning and of corse the sound is what got me hooked as a kid!!!
They do alright. The ARMY uses them in a lot of their trucks. They were in the wrecker I drove. I had to replace the one we had in Iraq. It was so low on HP that when I turned the fuel regulator up, it still wouldn't get out of it's own way. That's with 40,000-lbs of extra armor and tools on it also. I guess I was used to my truck that didn't have all the weight but turned up.
Oh, don't straight pipe it.............you'll need ear muffs. I've seen me do it.
Oh, don't straight pipe it.............you'll need ear muffs. I've seen me do it.