Also, does anyone have any experience "hot rodding" the turbo engines. I
was wondering what kind of power increased could be had by boosting turbo
pressure. The engine's seem stout enough to take a fair amount of abuse.
Dave Cole
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:36:17 EDT DDoyle9570@aol.com writes:
>Quickly, from memory the first multifuels were powered by a
>turbocharged
>Continental LDS-427 engine. Parts for this engine are harder to come
>by than
>the other multifuels, and the engine has a reputation for being
>trouble-prone. This was replaced with the naturally aspirated LD-465,
>which
>exhausts above the left rear wheels much like the original REO OA-331
>gas
>engines. The LD-465 smokes like the proverbial freight train even
>when
>running right. This engine was in turn replaced with the turbocharged
>LDT-465. The LDT-465-1C has a reputation for having a louder turbo
>"whistle"
>than the later LDT-465-1D, which some people like. I have trucks both
>types
>of LDT and can't tell much difference in most conditions. The -1D's
>have
>improved piston cooling, and if remember correctly, improved head
>gaskets,
>among other changes. Despite the "multi-fuel" name given all these,
>I'd
>stick with diesel or kerosene. By the way, none of these are 465
>cubic inch
>displacement engines, the 465's are 478 cid, but the 427 IS 427 cid.
>Good Luck,
>David Doyle
>M35A2 LDT-465-1D
>M36A2 LDT-465-1C
>M44A2 with class 530(C) Fire fighting bed LDT-465-1C
>M44A1 with class 530(B) Fire fighting bed LD-465
>M44 with 210G1 LeRoi compressor REO OA-331
>
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