GM's surprising new V8 diesel has no manifolds

Is that for when the 3 litre breaks?

Territory John Territory

cough.... cough cough, COUGH, cough. Pardon me, GM IN A FORRRRDDD? Wash yur mouth out Mr Bonz.

hmmmm I think I will volunteer to pout a few miles on one

I am not saying I would not like to have a play with one.

I would certainly volunteer to do a bit of testing. Especially if GM want some reliability testing done in harsh Australian conditions.

I can think of a number of harsh Australian places where I would be happy to test the new GM product. I just don't want to pay for it.

Duncs

This procedure has been in vogue for more than 45yrs. in high performance 2 stroke engines. (big end journal)
I think (STBCH) that the Landrover td5 employs the same principal in its big end journals.
For years now, many high output engines in earthmovers have been of a "throw away" concept.
It is cheaper to replace the donk than rebuild it. Modular construction simplifies, minimises cost, when its done its 10-20k.hrs. just replace.
Read recently that the country with the largest output of Caterpillar OEM is China with a workforce exceeding 25000.
We are really just a flyspeck on the screen.
furph

why?

And a spec sheet and post it here if at all possible please.

Thanks, Trevor.

No worries, will do (if it's there) by the way, Ford have a 4.4L V8 coming out for the F150 and Expedition (it's based on the Land Rover 2.7/3.6L engines) - would be similar to the GM Motor.

Dodge have the new Cummins engines coming out for the Dakota and Ram 1500 pickups and the Durango SUV. A 4.2L V6 and a 5.6L V8. The latest I have read on the Cummins 5.6 V8 is 260kw/800Nm - would be nice in the Durango, seeing how the Hemi 5.7 gets crappy fuel economy (17mpg highway in the Durango) the diesel V8 Cummins has been reported to get 25mpg in the Ram 1500 on the highway. I will get back next week to report whats at the Auto Show (Utah is a part of America which is big on the pickups and large SUVs so I am hoping a lot of this stuff will be there)