STRAIGHT EIGHT:
Carryfast:
12 litres +, 8 cylinders,massive price difference,all for 240 horses.Why would anyone have bothered to spec it anyway?.Probably the same managers who asked Bedford to use the 7 Litre V6 Detroit in the TM to run at 32 tonnes and who would’nt buy the 8V92 version maybe and the ones who would’nt give me a job when I was a new driver in the 1980’s might have done.The 8LXB was nearer 14 litres, and was actaully rated at 245bhp. Lovely engine, done many happy miles sat next to “Rain-Cooled” 8’s
But I meant 12 litres in comparison to the 8V92 Detroit.Like the ■■■■■■■ the Gardner seemed to be a lot of engine for little return.In comparison with a 14 Litre capacity the 12V71 gave out (a lot) more than the 400 + horses which the 8V92 could and that motor was’nt turbocharged.Clockwork ■■. 