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Title: 2stroke v8? Post by: Bus Boy on December 27, 2013, 02:15:48 AM This sounds so wrong!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EmnsXTMLzCE Nice set of pipes though! Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: spanners on December 27, 2013, 03:14:22 AM This sounds so wrong! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EmnsXTMLzCE Nice set of pipes though! it,ll never beat a GM/DETROIT,,,, on full chat, ;) Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: the coppersmith on December 27, 2013, 09:54:35 AM wonder what it revs too? I miss the two strokers on the GP circuit. Love riding pingers fast, until you need engine braking, OOOps, that was close ::) Wonder where all the engines are?
Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: Mendalot on December 27, 2013, 11:18:20 AM it,ll never beat a GM/DETROIT,,,, on full chat, ;) Somewhere in the depths of the tool box, I've still got a set of special tools to adjust the tappets on a GM/DETROIT, pig of a job from memory. Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: Mendalot on December 27, 2013, 11:22:23 AM Will just add ........ that by tappets I'm talking about the top of the injectors ;)
Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: trev on December 27, 2013, 01:56:13 PM i drove a bedford artic with a big detroit in it,it was dead wierd compared to a 320 cummings that i was used to.
Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: kapri on December 27, 2013, 03:06:09 PM i drove a bedford artic with a big detroit in it,it was dead wierd compared to a 320 cummings that i was used to. I was working for Bedford main dealer when they brought the TM out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUZzq5FPicw Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: kapri on December 27, 2013, 03:10:15 PM How about the old Commer TS3 knocker ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrAoj5Cuu68 Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: Mendalot on December 27, 2013, 03:27:40 PM [/quote] I was working for Bedford main dealer when they brought the TM out. [/quote] So was I :) did the last year of my apprenticeship on Bedfords, our main customer was Eastern Electricity, they brought a lot of KM's but only two or three TM's during my time as a fitter there. Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: kapri on December 29, 2013, 10:02:04 AM One of our big customers was Southern Electric, never sold them a TM though ;) Only one I remember went to a pipe company down in Bournemouth , came back under warranty with a blown diff and the tacho ( also brand new idea then) showed him running from Bournemouth to London, fully laden at 80mph most of the way !!
Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: kapri on December 29, 2013, 10:04:03 AM We also used the Detroit diesel when I worked for a generator manufacturer . You started with a single pushbutton and before you'd taken your finger off they were taking full load without a hiccup , unlike the Cumins K series :(
Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: nabsim on January 01, 2014, 02:01:42 PM The old two strokes have rocketed, have a look how much an RD200 or RD400 will set you back for a basket case. Loved Yam two strokes, my Sondel Sport RD440 was much better than my KH400. Wish I had them both now though
Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: Olds on January 01, 2014, 04:59:25 PM My old RD200, built for Thruxton but I used on the road for a year. Limited steering lock, narrow power band, noisy as hell but insane fun :D
Got pulled over so often that it had to go. Title: Re: 2stroke v8? Post by: the coppersmith on January 02, 2014, 01:32:16 PM Think I may have to rethink my plans, big 2 stroke now wanted, RD400? Suzuki Cobra? How about something stupid, a Saab 96? or Bond 3 wheeler with an upgrade.
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