US Army/Cummins Diesel Tech

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Post by coaledsweat » Thu. Oct. 05, 2017 9:06 am

Looks like they reinvented the diesel engine. Lighter, more power and increased efficiency.

http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2017/10/04/ ... =obnetwork

 
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Post by lsayre » Thu. Oct. 05, 2017 9:16 am

Very cool! Thanks!!!

I wonder how many years down the road it will be before this sees the light of day. And then how many years will the military hang onto it as their exclusive technology, before it winds up in publicly available pickup trucks and on up to 18 wheelers?

With the end of the combustion engine purportedly looming in about 20 years, who knows if it will ever see commercial and/or general (public) use?

 
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Post by scalabro » Thu. Oct. 05, 2017 11:13 am

The British & Germans both developed aircraft engines using the same layout/architecture in the '30's it's not new. What is new are the digital controls on the engine.

Like coal, everything old is "new" again. :P


 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Oct. 05, 2017 12:46 pm

Yup. And not just a few designs, but lots of variations of opposed piston engines.

http://www.opposedpistonengines.com/index.html

Some of the history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposed-piston_engine

It's just "revolutionary new" to the writer. :D

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Post by Rob R. » Thu. Oct. 05, 2017 1:29 pm

I am holding out for a 8V71 Detroit with modern controls.

 
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Post by gaw » Fri. Oct. 06, 2017 12:41 am

Military use also exempts it from emission regulations that ruined the modern diesel.

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