Has anyone run, or know anything about this brand of high-reving
(supposedly highly erfficient and economical) Italian marine diesels?
Sold here by Watermota

http://www.fnm-marine.com/

Their new model naturally aspirated AM60 model is 4 cyl 1.9 L
putting out 60HP @ 4,000 RPM, 120Nm.@ 2,500. weight 212 Kg seems
interesting.

£/HP and Lbs/HP it appears one of the best value diesels around (with
a 3:1 reduction) for a wide beam canal boat IF they are reliable?
There are spares? and they don't cost the earth?

TJ

Not come across them but in my experience
high reving diesels and long life don't often go together

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Nick Holden
Banbury (UK)
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On 11 Jul, 19:09, wrote:
Not come across them but in my experience
high reving diesels and long life don't often go together

I just learned the AM60 is a marinised Alfa Romeo / FIAT 1.9 diesel,
which we know from experience on Europe's motorways, delivers the
goods.
TJ

On Jul 12, 3:30 am, TJ wrote:
On 11 Jul, 19:09, wrote:

Not come across them but in my experience
high reving diesels and long life don't often go together

I just learned the AM60 is a marinised Alfa Romeo / FIAT 1.9 diesel,
which we know from experience on Europe's motorways, delivers the
goods.
TJ

Modern, small displacement diesels can support a higher RPM. better
than ever. By High RPM were talking up to about a 3200 rpm range. The
bigger displacement engine you have the lower safty range for RPM

Ford learned a costly lesson on it's 6.0L diesel that was put in their
pick up trucks for only a couple years. The supposedly engineering
"masterpiece" has cost Ford dearly in warrenty claims ...
"But it'll turn four grand.."

Yes they were fast rapping, high rev engines, plagued with problems.

They've redesigned and come out with a new engine (again) the 6.4L
which is showing a new promise ... and lower RPM limits.

Not a dis on Ford, but just an observation. BTW, small displacement
Kubota and Yanmar engines are turning over 3500 RPM with extreme
reliability. Don't know why the FNM should't either.