8LXBV8BRIAN:
Punchy Dan:
The ■■■■■■■ bashers on here should remember that ■■■■■■■ sold thier technology to a lot of the manufactures of engines in use today .I was a ■■■■■■■ basher in the 70`s the bigger the hammer the better.
rebuild every 3 years nah 2 more like, long live the 8---- ---- or the V8
Anything was better than that Perkins V8 
The V8 Perkins was OK compared to the V8 ■■■■■■■■ Both were kak compared to in line 6’s though and the Deutz V6 was better (by a hair’s whisker) than any V8 at that time imo…(as fitted to Cargos)
sdg1970:
The V8 Perkins was OK compared to the V8 ■■■■■■■■ Both were kak compared to in line 6’s though and the Deutz V6 was better (by a hair’s whisker) than any V8 at that time imo…(as fitted to Cargos)
As much as i disliked Cargos, the 10.6l ‘640’ Perkins V8 at 200hp (2820) was an improvement over the smaller 8.8l version and as you say the aircooled Deutz V6 was very slightly better.
When stepping up on the step to look inside a 2820 which was the latest pos on the fleet the driver (knobhead) exclaimed to me, ‘this ones mine. no good you getting images of grandeur’…i laughed so much my sides nearly split 