Turbocharged Gardner 8L3B Marine Engine

[@michaelcolgrave4184]

I had one that was naturally aspirated, 230 horsepower at 1150 rpm absolutely the best marine engine ever made ,and so economical,it was paired with a 514 twin disc box with a 4 -15 to 1 reduction, never missed a days fishing in four years through breakdown,so bloody reliable, a crying shame they are no longer made, cheers from Tasmania

[@patrickcannell2258]

Taken over by Perkins. For a reason, to close them down.

[@lesnicholas2433]

I drove a ERF truck with a 240hp 8 cylinder Gardener 2 cylinders were outside in the weather it was that long,now I see lots of 2 cylinder Gardeners in narrow boats they sound awesome a lot better than my 4 cylinder Yanmar that’s for sure.

[@oldbloke5277]

Yep, I drove Fodens with the 240. Pull a house down.

[@KrisDouglas]

Well that sounds absolutely incredible 😮

[@michaelmiles933]

It would be cool to hear this thing working under load

[@vloggergerritputtershoek]

Prachtig die hadden mijn ouders ook een gardner 110 pk in hun schip

[@dfharris03]

This is awesome!!!

[@s_workz-racer]

We had the 8lxb ct in a Cygnus GM 40 boat with twin disk box it snapped the governor off and revved to 10k rpm it needed new fuel pump and crank and cams got it running again but never ran right again we replaced it with a modern doosan md196ti just shows how strong these old engines are

[@Bastiaan_NL]

Mooi spul Jim!

[@chrisplace9773]

What a fantastic noise .

[@trevormason1732]

What hp did they hope it to pull ?

[@tamar5261]

The turbo charged Gardner was never a success unfortunately, too little to late

[@robindeans564]

yes the 6lxct kept blowing up

[@valeriykamnev6849]

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