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Torque tailored two-stroke
Page 47 from 30th July 1983Bedford and its fellow GM subsidiary, Detroit Diesel Allison, are aiming to overcome UK operators' resistance to twostroke diesels with the latest......
COMPUTER CHECKS ON 4ECHANICAL FITNESS
Page 43 from 13th July 1985) V ER the next five years the application of computer and microprocessor technology to cle design and operation will ;form commercial vehicle......
CM spreads the good word around Britain
Page 56 from 4th June 1983Love for the lorry may be too much to hope for from the general public, but appreciation of its merits and importance should not. The sad fact,......
BRAKING
Page 52 from 26th April 1990under pressure Some exhaust brakes seem to develop more noise than retardation, but the American Jake Brake is an effective system well worth a......
Specialists are best
Page 31 from 16th October 1982Only independents offer a complete range of superior engines, argues Roger Wilsdon of Cummins. Buyers of 'integrated' vehicles are often......
Old dog diesel must learn new tricks
Page 51 from 16th May 1981Alternatives are still very much at the experimental stage, says Graham Montgomerie, so manufacturers must home in fast on fueland weight-saving......
B efore diesel engines came to dominate the truck market...
Page 36 from 13th January 1994American road hauliers relied on petrol or, as they termed it, gas. By the end of the century gas engines may well be back in favour—this time......
Ford fits Perkins V8 in D1000 range
Page 36 from 6th September 1968by Tony Wilding • Today the Ford Motor Co. Ltd. announces the introduction of the Perkins V8.510 diesel engine as ar) option in the 01000 range.......
'Noise, dirt and the diesel'
Page 13 from 31st March 1972• In a well-received paper presented at a conference on "Noise, dirt and the diesel", organized by the journal Automobile Engineer and IPC Business......
Gardner: a tale of technology
Page 15 from 27th August 1992• Last week Commercial Motor revealed that Perkins is to sell Gardner, the 124-year-old Manchester engine manufacturer it bought from Hawker......