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    Detroit nozzle

    Try Delphi Diesel Aftermarket Remanufacturing at +1.800.521.4784
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    Two-slider crank mechanism

    Take a look at the SAE papers by Jack Kentfield, for example paper 891866, where he goes into some detail of an over-center toggle linkage that provides extended expansion and all four strokes in a single crank rotation as well as potential VCR facility. It is a somewhat simpler mechanism than...
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    Scania does it right

    Recent truck engines are able to reach 50% BTE through a lot of attention to detail. There is no silver bullet, just many small incremental improvements to things like low friction bore coatings, thermal barrier coatings, low leakage injection systems, Miller/Atkinson valve timings...
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    Predicting maintenance for vehicle engines

    Some modern engines use electronic control of oil pressure. By monitoring actual oil pressure against input signal to the pressure control actuator while taking into account oil temperature, time since last oil change, engine speed, and other factors, it may be possible to establish a...
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    Press-together crank vs a billet crank

    For a stronger, easier to machine, and much more compact crankshaft, consider the disc-web crankshaft where the webs are the main bearings. There have been both roller bearing versions and plain bearing versions of this style crank in the past. In the case of the plain bearing version shown...
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    Looking for ideas on how to make a

    The Lucas system was widely used in F1 and other racing engines
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    Cast iron-cast steel cyl. heads

    Heavy duty automotive diesels use compacted graphite iron [CGI], stronger than grey iron, hence thinner walls = lighter.
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    An Achates Engine is Hitting the Road

    turbo motor: Actually I did; the Commer engine was designed at Humber in Coventry in the early 1950's, but manufactured by Tilling-Stevens in Maidstone, and typically ended up in Rootes-Commer trucks. Regrettably, I failed to mention my favorite OP engines: the Napier Deltic and the Doxford...
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    An Achates Engine is Hitting the Road

    As did Tilling-Stevens, Leyland, Rolls-Royce, Coventry Climax, Fairbanks-Morse, and many others. . .
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    12 Volt vs 24 Volt diesel engine

    No, I did mean 48 volts not 480 V. Take a look at the DOE Supertruck program and you will see them using 48V for the electric PAS, air compressor, and WHR.
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    12 Volt vs 24 Volt diesel engine

    Wait until 48V becomes more common! Both car and commercial vehicle sectors are applying it particularly to hybrid powertrains and WHR [waste heat recovery] systems in CV's.
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    1980s F1 Fuel, Toluene Diesel blend

    I don't know, but it seems quite likely that this strategy might have been used with the Lucas mechanical Petrol Injection system widely used on racing engines in the 1970's & 80's. The Lucas shuttle metering concept involved a steel rotor running at half engine speed in a steel sleeve and...
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    diesel fuel injection nozzle

    What is the base engine nozzle part number etched into the body, e.g. BDLL150S1234 ?
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    diesel fuel injection nozzle

    The Wikipedia article indicated that the Rakovica engines are likely closely based on Perkins engines, and the tractors in the Wiki photograph can be seen to have CAV DPA rotary pumps on them. Also, the engine displacement and power rating that the OP mentions aligns with the details of the...
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    diesel fuel injection nozzle

    What is the engine that you want to modify. Knowing that may enable me to narrow down some nozzles that have a similar specification.
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