In this video, I find out Will it START and DRIVE on this 60yr old Kenworth W924 Semi Truck that has been sitting for years. This is the second Will it Start video on this truck, the previous being posted before this one - https://youtu.be/4ajoIFcN5VY?si=gVZT8Bj-6g0vzRaB
This monster truck is fitted with the 8v71 2 Stroke Turbo Detroit Diesel engine. In Australia, many folk would refer to a mechanically driven air blower device like this as a supercharger. In this application, its function however is not so much to force “boost” into the cylinders but to use the air pressure generated from the supercharger to help blow away the exhaust gasses. It is the Turbocharger on this engine that is responsible for any real boost.
These Detroit Diesel 2 stroke engines were used in a wide variety of transport, earthmoving and marine applications over the last 50 years and these will it start videos are a bid to keep their legacy alive. Trucks like these old Detroit Diesel powered Trucks are becoming less and less common and should be preserved where possible in my opinion, hence attempting to find out Will it Start and Drive again, to make it a bit easier for the next person who can hopefully rescue it!
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