DETROIT DIESEL

[vail426]

http://image.dieselpowermag.com/f/31412847/0911dpweb_02+2009_sema_show+gmc_v12_diesel_engine.jpg

I use this as my avatar now. I didn't post the picture, because it came out huge and I could not shrink it. Bring on the Duramax's --- :smile5:

 

[Green Machine]

Yeah, It is Jay Leno's " Blastolene's Piss'd Off Pete"

Cool concept, would be annoying to drive after a while lol.

 

[Acesneights1]

You bet it would. They came in Ol Brockways.

 

[Pillow]

Awesome!

 

[Detroit Dan]

That looks like a 12v71. My nickname actually comes from my days driving a couple older heavy wreckers with supercharged Detroit two strokes. One was a 69 autocar with an 8v71, the other an 88 IH with a 6v71. That A-car had some scoot, let me tell you. Unbelievably fun to drive, a two stroke that was fast as hell, high revving like a dirtbike.
I actually had to relearn how to drive a truck when I moved into conventional 4 stroke diesel N-14s that you don't shift at WOT.

 

[Acesneights1]

I actually had to relearn how to drive a truck when I moved into conventional 4 stroke diesel N-14s that you don't shift at WOT.

That was the problem I faced with mine. The "steering wheel grabbers" I use to hire couldn't drive my 6v92T. Out of 5 drivers only one besides myself could drive the truck with respect. Defintely a unique feel. I probably drove more Detriots that anything else in my 22 yrs as a CDL. Biggest problems with the 2 strokes they had no low end torque so if you were pulling a hill loaded you better walk the traffic light or a driveshaft you'd be a replacing.