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what motor is this?
- Thread starter protechk5
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I would guess 8.3L Detroit.
Definitely medium duty with that SAE bell pattern...
Rene
Rene
Jimbo*
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It is a 1960's GMC Toro-Flow diesel. A converted V6 gas engine with gobs of torque, and tons of problems.
Essentially, the first of GM's boat anchor engines.
Essentially, the first of GM's boat anchor engines.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
looks like a 8.2L Detroit to me. then again I've never heard of a toro-flow V6 diesel either. but it sure looks like a fuel pincher 8.2L detroit with the 4 plugs of paper in the exhaust ports on this side make a v8. the turbo is missing. if it has one. would have sat behind the intake in that open space.
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Jimbo*
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You may well be right, Luke. I was going by the humps in the valve covers.
It isn't a Toro-Flow. The valve covers on those looked like a 409 valve cover. This one looks like an oversized 6.2L and makes me think it is the 8.2L.
http://www.6066gmcguy.org/toroflow.htm
http://www.6066gmcguy.org/toroflow.htm
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
we got an 8.2 at work too, now I'm 100% sure it is.
see that toro-flow deal there, has intake and exhaust both on the outside of the heads as well. kinda different.
see that toro-flow deal there, has intake and exhaust both on the outside of the heads as well. kinda different.
fallout232
1/2 ton status
I would call the number on the sign, It belongs to the City of Weatherford Texas probably their parks and recreation department. 
You would probably be able to get the scoop on the motor.
You would probably be able to get the scoop on the motor.
MaxPF
1/2 ton status
I agree with Luke 100% - it's an 8.2L Detroit. Here's a pic of an 8.2 with the turbo on it:
four_by_ken
1/2 ton status
How big is that? I am assuming huge?
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
it was designed to go in a truck, not a pickup truck mind you. med to light duty class 4-5-6 type stuff. from way back. Ive worked on them in industrial applications too, generators and air compressors. its like a slightly overgrown 6.2. well the 8.2 is the engine design that the 6.2 was based on.
MaxPF
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They're a lot heavier than a 6.2 also... to the tune of 1600lbs IIRC 
I like how the injector lines don't go over the rocker covers - I wish they'd have kept that feature on the 6.x.
MaxPF
1/2 ton status
The 8.2 doesn't use a pump-line-nozzle setup. It's like the 2 strokes where each cylinder has a cam actuated unit injector with a rack between them that controls delivery volume. It's also a direct injected engine rather than an IDI, so the injector is near the center of the cylinder rather than sitting at the edge.
