AEC V8

Carryfast:

coomsey:
In the mid 70s Les a mechanic said to me that if a diesel engine could do more than 2100 rpm it would eventually destroy itself. Is that nonsense? I ask cos the V8 n the 500 ,of which I had 3 of, would be in the frame. Cheers Paul

Probably more along the lines if it’s designed to ‘need’ to run those sort of engine speeds on a regular basis to do any useful work,combined with the lack of leverage at the crank,then it will inevitably self destruct before its time and before a good lugger like the Scania V8 will.As shown perfectly in that ice cold in Alex starting handle v steam engine analogy previously posted. :bulb: :wink:

It wasn’t posted! The post was, unsurprisingly, off topic and a waste of time, so it was deleted.

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