Exactly right mate, maintained properly, Operated properly and not have the absolute piss FLOGGED out of them for no reason, for their cubes they are an incredible engine!
They were a good motor & many said if they stop leaking oil you had a problem. Well if you assembled them using cat green gasket contact glue they never leaked a drop for the life of the engine!
Absolutely 100% correct cobber, the absolute horseshit that the (gotta drive it like ya hate it you tuber brigade) comes out with is just pitifully pathetic!!
@damienodonohue1327 As a stationary engine, they had to be run full noise. If you ran em' under 4500rpm you could get trouble & never got the full engine life out of them. Out on the road ,that was never the case, ive driven 453's ,471's & 892's all in D series Dodges & a straight 6 in a White road boss. These engines are still on the road in the U.S to the point their not quite rare yet & they don't drive the ring out of them ,well most don't.
Ya want the 'green motor' as they called it, which came out in the first of the SAR's & for how long after that i don't exactly know. Back in 93'/94' Mack had a 18 litre V8 @500hp while the 8-92's put out same hp @ 9 litres! Today they squeeze an extra 50hp from that same 9 litre engine. I don't know up to what year truck you can run these motors in, i suspect somewhere between 99' & 03' ?
There was a guy on the front cover of Truckin' Life magazine in the early 2000's who owned an SAR from new in 74'. Still ran original paint (3 fat stripes) one was black, other was orange or yellow & can't remember the third colour. Just kept rebuilding the same 2 stroke V8 in it. He spoke of a handful of 4 axle alloy bodied grain trailers being built in the 70's. He said you could load them right up, i mean 'right up'! LOL, i knew what that meant & his truck pulled it no worries!!!
Exactly right mate, maintained properly, Operated properly and not have the absolute piss FLOGGED out of them for no reason, for their cubes they are an incredible engine!
They were a good motor & many said if they stop leaking oil you had a problem. Well if you assembled them using cat green gasket contact glue they never leaked a drop for the life of the engine!
Absolutely 100% correct cobber, the absolute horseshit that the (gotta drive it like ya hate it you tuber brigade) comes out with is just pitifully pathetic!!
@damienodonohue1327 As a stationary engine, they had to be run full noise. If you ran em' under 4500rpm you could get trouble & never got the full engine life out of them. Out on the road ,that was never the case, ive driven 453's ,471's & 892's all in D series Dodges & a straight 6 in a White road boss. These engines are still on the road in the U.S to the point their not quite rare yet & they don't drive the ring out of them ,well most don't.
@Produce9AE 71&92 series Detroit are limited to 2250rpm no load speed, some 53 series are rated to 2800rpm ie military spec!
I drove a SAR with a 8 92 what a great bit of Machinery it was pulled very Well in a 10 Metre Tipper.
Ya want the 'green motor' as they called it, which came out in the first of the SAR's & for how long after that i don't exactly know. Back in 93'/94' Mack had a 18 litre V8 @500hp while the 8-92's put out same hp @ 9 litres! Today they squeeze an extra 50hp from that same 9 litre engine. I don't know up to what year truck you can run these motors in, i suspect somewhere between 99' & 03' ?
Still outlast the plastic crap made today
There was a guy on the front cover of Truckin' Life magazine in the early 2000's who owned an SAR from new in 74'. Still ran original paint (3 fat stripes) one was black, other was orange or yellow & can't remember the third colour. Just kept rebuilding the same 2 stroke V8 in it. He spoke of a handful of 4 axle alloy bodied grain trailers being built in the 70's. He said you could load them right up, i mean 'right up'! LOL, i knew what that meant & his truck pulled it no worries!!!