[s-cars] was, 0-60 , 1/4mile, now:Re: superchargers are bad, mmkay?

[Mark Strangways]

Honestly never heard of a 2 stroke diesel... do you need to mix oil in with
it ?
I really can't see it being very popular, mixing oil into hundreds of
gallons of diesel fuel ??
Sound like a junior laborers position on a road crew.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Noah" <noahgodwin at earthlink.net>
To: "Paul Gailus" <gailus at mindspring.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] was, 0-60 , 1/4mile, now:Re: superchargers are
bad,mmkay?


> > Well, yes I have ;-)
> > Superchargers were used in 2-stroke diesels such as those from
> > GMC/Detroit Diesel and the Electromotive div. of GM.
> > Trucks, buses, earthmoving equipment, military vehicles, locomotives.
> > For example, the 71 series of engines (71 cu. in./cyl.) that used the
> > 6-71, 8-71, etc. Roots blowers.
> > A good part of the reason for these blowers was exhaust scavenging
> > as well as supercharging.
> > I believe that few if any 2-stroke Diesels are made anymore due
> > to emissions and fuel economy issues.
> >
> > Paul
>
> Whoops! I stand corrected. I have never seen any of the above. Does a
> 2-stroke diesel sound very different from a regular diesel?
>
> -Noah
>
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