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Diesel Engine Choice?
Can't afford to run gas engines in my preferred tonnage of boat, even
though gas engine boats are usually tens of thousands of dollars cheaper at the start. Thinking about replacing gas engines or buying a boat with. Been through Pascoe and all that. Have been a fan of gas engines all my life and would stick with 'em if it weren't insane at this point. Gasoline isn't that much more expensive but diesels are simply better on consumption. I'm talking about pushing around a 25,000+# vessel with a planing hull but perhaps just pushing it around at hull speed or slightly above. Seen lots of different diesels in boats. Cummins, Detroit, Perkins, Volvo, Hino, Yanmar, Mann, John Deere and, of course, Cat in natural and turbo. The major differences I understand a 2-cycle vs. 4-cycle Natural vs. turbo Aluminum vs. steel Piston sleeves or not If you were advising someone on what to look for/avoid, in either new or used diesels, what would you say??? Thanks in advance, jps |
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Diesel Engine Choice?
A lot has changed in Diesels in the past few years. One source you
should look at is www.boatdiesel.com, for $25/yr you can 'join' and see all their archives. The past few months are free :-) -al- On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:20:52 -0700, jps wrote: Can't afford to run gas engines in my preferred tonnage of boat, even though gas engine boats are usually tens of thousands of dollars cheaper at the start. Thinking about replacing gas engines or buying a boat with. Been through Pascoe and all that. Have been a fan of gas engines all my life and would stick with 'em if it weren't insane at this point. Gasoline isn't that much more expensive but diesels are simply better on consumption. I'm talking about pushing around a 25,000+# vessel with a planing hull but perhaps just pushing it around at hull speed or slightly above. Seen lots of different diesels in boats. Cummins, Detroit, Perkins, Volvo, Hino, Yanmar, Mann, John Deere and, of course, Cat in natural and turbo. The major differences I understand a 2-cycle vs. 4-cycle Natural vs. turbo Aluminum vs. steel Piston sleeves or not If you were advising someone on what to look for/avoid, in either new or used diesels, what would you say??? Thanks in advance, jps |
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Diesel Engine Choice?
I thought this was interesting if anything else....
http://www.yachtsurvey.com/comparing_diesel_types.htm |
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