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Interesting info, but not...
Posted by: Jukka Juutinen ()
Date: September 02, 2012 03:23AM

...applicable. The thing is that a relative of mine operated a small vessel with a Burmeister & Wain two-stroke die4sel with Roots-blower and he told me that it wasn't a particularly low consumption engine, though very reliable and rugged.

And the data I have on the GM 6-71 diesel as applicable to WW2 does suggest that it does have a relatively high sfc for a diesel. And the GM 6-71 does follow the operating principle of the Winton/Cleveland diesels as installed in the fleet subs, i.e. a two-stroke diesel with Roots-type scavenge pump with exhaust valves.

For some reason Lyle Cummins's big book on sub diesels do not have sfc data on US engines.

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F-M and GM Cleveland engine sfc Jukka Juutinen 08/27/2012 01:32AM
Re: F-M and GM Cleveland engine sfc Scott Sorenson 08/27/2012 07:05PM
Re: F-M and GM Cleveland engine sfc Scott Sorenson 08/27/2012 08:36PM
Scott, I am looking for grams/horsepower/hour... Jukka Juutinen 08/28/2012 03:31AM
Re: Scott, I am looking for grams/horsepower/hour... phil morgan 08/28/2012 10:39PM
Re: Scott, I am looking for grams/horsepower/hour... Scott Sorenson 08/29/2012 01:39PM
Interesting info, but not... Jukka Juutinen 09/02/2012 03:23AM


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