"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:03:22 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

Yeah, but will those 671s even get to 6000 rpm?

With a little more boost pressure and nitro assist they might make it
for a few seconds. After that it would start getting messy.


One thing I've always feared about diesels is the very rare potential of a
"runaway". My wife's uncle was a vocational school diesel instructor and
told me of this condition whereby something goes wrong (I forget what) and
the diesel continues to increase revs until it basically self destructs. If
it happens, you have to quickly find a way to cut off the air supply or the
fuel before it goes "boom".

RCE