Convoy....two stroke Detroit Diesel..!!

[Peter Pick-Up]

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[The Beard]

Just wondering why you made the comment re: "two stroke Detroit Diesel". There probably were some in the video but probably no more than there were Cummins or Caterpillar.

It caught my interest because I used to drive one for a few years

 

[Peter Pick-Up]

Well, leave the "Detroit" out if you like.
No more two stroke Diesels anymore in the States, and no more black smoke out of the upright exhausts...shame..!!
Did you know Mack and Kenworth both have a hybrid, "green" engine in their range today...???

 

[SeanW]

I love that film

 

[The Beard]

Some sounds will stay with me forever, the Rolls Royce Merlin(s) in a Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito, P51 Mustang etc., a Boeing 777 starting up on the other side of the airport, the three guitar attack of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gibsons, an Aston Martin Vanquish hitting the redline as it makes a full bore start. And one is the sound of a Detroit exhaling through a pair of upright stacks.

Luckily for me there are two or three where I work and every now and then they're fired up so I can still get my aural fix every now and then.

What was quite unusual was that they were modular engines, the most popular versions being the 53,71 and 92 Series, I used to drive a BedfordTM with the 6V92TAA Detroit in it. They used to look a bit smokey, but almost any truck of 10 or 14 litres with vertical stacks is going to look dirty as the smoke is seen against a light sky.



Actually, no excuses for this one, I think the Pump Timing needs a good dose of looking at.

 

[Peter Pick-Up]

I remember traveling in a Greyhound bus from New York City to Miami, back in 1983, hearing the same sweet noise....!

 

[richydraper]

Some sounds will stay with me forever, the Rolls Royce Merlin(s) in a Spitfire... P51 Mustang

for me add to that a 792 Hemi

 

[Peter Pick-Up]

How about a little smoke....???

 

[The Beard]

for me add to that a 792 Hemi

It's funny how truck diesels used to sound different from one manufacturer to another whereas an inline four cylinder from Vauxhall used to sound just like one from Ford. Back when I were a lad, there were only really two V8s you were likely to hear, the Rover/Land Rover and the Triumph Stag. If you were really lucky you might hear a Daimler Dart/250 saloon or once in a blue moon a Jensen Interceptor would woofle along. Of late I've noticed that, despite the cost of fuel and financial crisis, there seem to be more and more V8s knocking about. Audi, BMW and Mercedes all have some in their portfolio and whereas in my area you would only come across one in Manchester city centre or Wilmslow, now they are all over the place.

US V8s always sounded soft and big and friendly. Royce and Bentley V8s had a quieter version of the same sound. But the Germans sound far more vicious and perhaps even malevolent. Ford, Chrysler and GM V8s with their standard exhausts didn't have that harsh edge.

By 792 Hemi, do you mean 792 CiD? If so, this can't possibly be a series production motor as 792 Ci is almost 13 litres.