newmercman:
railstaff:
In fairness to Detroit they had the job sorted before ■■■■■■■ did with the 12.7 DDEC(60).The rumour was a few ■■■■■■■ USA design engineers defected to Detroit and the 60 was born.I’ve been led to believe, the series 60 was actually a ■■■■■■■ design for John Deere tractors and such, thought to be too complicated the design was flogged off on the cheap to Detroit Diesels, owned at the time by Roger Penske
There seems to have been a year 1987 between Detroit introducing the 60 series v the Penske deal 1988 ?.Ironically ■■■■■■■ probably rightly thought that the transition from pushrod design to CIH/OHC was a step too far.Understandably not realising that if it had to be that then the 60 series was somehow going to turn out to be one of the best options.It’s anyone’s guess how someone with a car racing background of all people would have noticed the 60 series as being a good bet in that regard.While ■■■■■■■ then went on to prove itself right with its later types problems. 