How is an 8.2 Detroit Different That The Other Detroits?

[DetroitDiesel671]

Hi everyone. Here is a Detroit question. Why is it that the 8.2 V8 "fuel sipper" has a totally different sound than all the other detroits? It doesn't have that high winding sound. It's not classified as a 53, 71 or 92 series.

[Dualie]

Its a 4 stroke diesel the others 53, 71, 92, and 149's are two strokes.

And its widely considered a P.O.S.

Only good for keeping a boat anchored

[Gone Fishen]

THanks Dualie, I could not have expressed my feeling any better.

[TwoGun]

Does the 8.2 share any similarities with the 6.2 and 6.5 GM motors? Does it have indirect injection and high compression ratio like the GM motors? Wasn't the GM motor a Detoit design licensed to GM? Twogun

[Birken Vogt]

Well, there might be similar parts such as the thermostat (some had one and some had two as I recall) but other than that, not really. Injection was direct and mechanical unit injectors were used (camshaft/rocker actuated) like the two-cycle engines but the rack setup was more of a pain to do.

Birken