mystery engine

[Papabear]

I found a V-10 "GM diesel" (according to the valve cover) it is olive drab in colour came out of a dredging unit of unkown origin used to power the centrifical pump via a big 10-speed tranny and a 3:1 pulley setup it is liquid cooled and self contained like a typical industrial engine non-turbo'd any thoughts

 

[RKOCH]

Sounds like the original Detroit when they were still called GMC diesel how old is this thing. Does it have a blower on it?

 

[Papabear]

nope no blower but i am thinking 40's era

 

[DeepRoots]

can you take a picture?
i work on detroits (or technically live ontop of them)
I'm always fascinated by the different ones.

 

[Papabear]

i will have a pic tomorrow

 

[69dieselfreak]

if its a 2 stroke then it has to have a blower in order for it to run

 

[DeepRoots]

sometimes the blowers are kinda hidden in the V

 

[Papabear]

how do i attach pics

 

[towcat]

how do i attach pics

go into "manage attachments" and follow the prompts from there.

 

[rumdumb]

Detroit didn't make a v -10 as for as I know . Maybe it is an old GM Toro Flo.

 

[69dieselfreak]

Detroit didn't make a v -10 as for as I know . Maybe it is an old GM Toro Flo.

i think your right detroit didnt make a v-10

 

[Gary79F250]

IIRC the GM Toro-flow is a V6, or they put two of them together to make a V12. All they are is a industrial gasser with different heads and fuel systems. And there hard as hell to get parts for, for a while they marinised them and turbo charged them.