I had a truck with a Silver 92 in it and loved it. It was a heck of a truck.

OH and it didnt leak oil either - whoever said that.

 

They didn't leak oil cause the airbox drain tubes went back into the oil pan, otherwise they would have.
The only thing different was the silver color.

 

Yes into the pan, one of the worst deals they designed. I pulled mine out, less problems and worked better. The same... well yes and no, the applied the name to a certain set of specs. Some models were intercooled, etc. I built mine and machined the block for the intercooler among other changes.

 

seen a 12V149 TTTT, set a speed record at Bonneville, 278mph. i was impressed!! for a truck, and the tow truck was a long nose pete, single screw, went 165mph, and drives it back and forth to the track from washington st. 8V92 twin turb. HEY! how bout them K model cummins, they where pretty good too! Thx Ron

 

k model hehehe!!!! I should build a unlimited sled truck with one those engines are awesome.

 

Wow! FM opposed piston engines and 567's mentioned in the same thread...SWEET!

I've worked on both, here's a link to the FM switch engine I restored a few years ago. http://ggrm.org/Collection_view.aspx?id=6

If anyone knows of any surplus 567C engines, I'd love to get my hands on one or two. EMD traction motors are also on my "needed" list.


And an FM technician on here? How cool is that?

garrett

 

Lived down the street from the FM plant, toured it several times and always was amazed at the iron ore going in one end and a completed motor out the other. Very impresive motor.

 

Try Larry's Truck and Electric out of Ohio, they are loco scrappers and resellers. They have alot of mophidite stuff there from what I've been told by my boss. I found this as a phone number (330) 395-8791‎.That is a nice looking locomotive you restored. I'd love to see one of those old FM diesel engine sometime, all I'm around are the EMDs. The oldest we have is an old EMD 567 A-B block.

 

When I drove city busses part time awhile back we had a bunch of old Flexible coaches with 2 stroke Detroits' in them. Man you have to rev those things to get them to move, but they sure were fun to drive, and the motors stood up to almost 20 years of stop-and-go driving.

 

Thanks, Blue3Quarter!

Someone else told me to try Larry's, and I forgot about them. I should be swingin by that neighborhood in the next few months to take me a look.

garrett

 

Your welcome!

 

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...detroit+diesel

 

I had a 3-53 in my old Dodge, real screamer, but ran good. Always wore ear plugs when driving it. Nothing like the sound of them, a railroad crane I run has a 4-71, with straight pipes, pure music.....

 

A little known history fact, the Sherman tank produced for lend lease for Russia in WW2 had a pair of 6-71 Detroits in it. That same version was also supplied to the Marines and they refered to it as the quiet Sherman. The most common motor was a radial airplane engine that was air cooled, hence the loud version. The Detroit powered version was well liked by the marines and the diesel fuel would not explode like the gas powered versions would when the fuel tanks were hit. Their ammo though was still a problem when hit. I have a 72 GMC with the 6-71 in it for my farm grain truck with an Allison auto behind it. Would rather have more gears with this motor. Twogun

 

Unfortunately the Thielert company is dead. The owner taken away in handcuffs. Too bad, it was a fine aircraft engine, and now Diamond needs to find another supplier, or give up on the diesels. Thielert made a fine engine, but their bookeeping was a bit too "Creative".