From: Marc Strangfeld (curlyjoe98@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:35:28 PST
Julian
Well said! If the M35's didn't have such a good
sounding diesel I wouldn't have bought one. I prefer
the "D" turbo versus the "C". You can hear the motor
more over the turbo yet there is still a slight woosh
when she's under load.
Joe
I assume you are talking about the 6-71.
I was told before getting in a truck with a Jimmy
diesel you should slam your hand in the door. Reason
being you needed to drive it like you were madder than
hell otherwise it would drop out of the powerband. Is
this accurate? About a month ago I pulled off the
road to watch a 60's vintage D8 pushload a twin
engined Euclid scraper...what a symphony! I imagine
there was a 12V-71 in the front but don't know for
sure.
Marc
--- Julian Burke <julian@knology.net> wrote:
> In response to this statement:
>
> " That terrible noise is the fuel detonating ,
> as opposed to the near silently burning as with
> gasoline . The much higher
> compression ratio {about 22:1 } "
>
> It seems like one of the few pleasures I get
> out of life is to hear a
> diesel engine run! Everything I own is a diesel. A
> "real" diesel engine is
> a good engine. (not converted gas engines) Just
> today I used my Isuzu NPR
> with the turbo "H" engine and always like to hear it
> run, never turn on the
> radio and never get tired of hearing it run. Some
> years back I rented a GMC
> Top Kick with the 6 cylinder Cat engine to go across
> country. Many times I
> turned off the radio (music was horrible and hearing
> the same things over
> and over again with news too) and that Cat Turbo
> kept me company for much of
> the way! I have talked to many truckers and others
> with diesels and they
> seem to say the same things too. It's a phenomenon
> of how it runs that is
> always a science fair project in reality! Every
> diesel has a signature
> sound that make them unmistakeable when they pass
> by. Julian
>
>
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