Re: update on the detroit diesel

Posted by Gene Davis (GA) on December 23, 2006 at 20:14:16 from (70.41.83.4):

In Reply to: Re: update on the detroit diesel posted by sdloy on December 23, 2006 at 16:38:16:

Did some hauling of cars for a friend who runs a salvage company a few years back and drove a GMC straight truck for him with a car hauler body that was a back and over the cab type. Engine was a 4-53 that had both a blower and a turbo on it. He bought it out of Florida from a lady whose husband had special ordered the truck from somewhere and used it for a couple of years before he died. It was the first and only one I have ever seen with a blower on one side and turbo on the other side of the engine. The other guy hauling was running one of the big IH V-8 engine around 500 CID and we both had 5 sp trans + 2 speed rear ends. I could keep up with him, but you had to continually change gears and when in town you felt like you were rowing it you changed gears so often. It burned 1/3 less fuel than the IH did.

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