MIDNIGHT RIDER
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I'm not disputing this, I am curious how does oil burn fast enough to get the engine to 10k rpms?
Also, what kinda diesels run to 6k on fuel? The highest I've seen is 5200rpms.
Of course I don't mess with really small diesels that often.
Dp
The big prime-mover engines, both two- and four-stroke often idle at about 300-RPM and maximum operating RPM is about 900, maybe 1000, just about where any run-of-the-mill small diesel would only be idling.
The Bosch VE injector-pumps have a wide assortment of governor springs, ranging from less than 2000-RPM to over 6000-RPM.
It is not at all impossible for the smaller diesels to rev just as high as a gasoline engine.
On the other hand, considering one of those big GEs, ALCOs, HERCULES, EMDs, DEUTZ, or whatever those tugs are powered with is a different story.