well JFYI the boiling point of motor oil is about 300 degrees C (flash point is around 280°C) but that can be lowered with vacuum
You would need a decent CFM liquid ring vacuum pump, $$$$ and then on top of that you wold need a condenser, and for the condenser you would need a chiller for...
some misinformation here
I have looked into this as well and have done lots of reading and also have worked on both OM616 and OM617,
I to had a 240 awesome lil car but it was a rust bucket so i keped the engine/tranny and scraped the rest and am going to put the 240 engine in a suzuki...
my 1st heavy haul for that rig
I think the gen set is around 11,000 lbs but the truck handled it like a champ but was not going to win any races but it also did not complain
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very nice work. ! ditto the 73-87 chev trucks are my faves trucks and you can pick up a fuel pump at 711 LOL
and the gauge cluster is kick ass did not know they had one with a diesel tac on air pressure
Sorry but i quit listening when the guy said " this looks like a torque war but it takes 400 HP not 800 flbs of tq to win a test like this" :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
I guess my friend and his 09 Peaterbuilt better pull out that 350 HP Cat and drop in a 400 HP caddy 500 :rolleyes:
ditto ;Sweet
Same! It always flashes up in the morning, Always fill my fuel filter when i change it. Never run out of gas. Never had a reason to change it :D
I know not really the right fourm but there is lots of traffic here
I needed to move some stuff so picked up a cheap trailer for 400$ needs some work, like a deck and just general maintenance but it has these rims im not use to so maybe someone can school me
thanks
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yea no i here ya but i was just making a point that we have the advantage of more RPM to play with. Generally diesels with manual transmissions are kinda useless for racing
Having driven a 94 12V cummins with the 5 speed i would say the cummins accelerates the same as my 7.3 5 speed... *off the line* up untill the trurbo spools up but you can feel that they will pull harder giving a load. Having attemped to "race" the cummins and having "raced" my 7.3 the problem...
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