Detroit Diesel 8.2T 230Hp startup

First start-up of my Detroit Diesel truck engine prior to converting to marine use.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Detroit
• diesel
• start-up
• 8.2
• V8
• turbo
• running

[snagaff]

is that a two-storke diesel?

Sounds a bit like a two-stroke...

[SveinHaDD]

@snagaff No, this definetly is 4 stroke. The two stroke Detroits sound totally different, if you ever have heard a two stroke Detroit you would know...

[powell1992]

Just curious, but do the Detroit Diesel 8.2's only come with a turbo?

[SveinHaDD]

@powell1992 Without turbo I believe it is rated about 160 hp and with turbo and intercooler up to 300 hp. Not sure if Detroit Diesel delivered this engine with intercooler originally, might be 3. party modification.

[johnsenkenn]

What does 8,2T means......normally they are named 53 - 71 - 92.

[SveinHaDD]

8.2 litres displacement and Turbo. 8.2 litres is about 500 cid. 53, 71 and 92 series are the older two-stroke diesel engines. The 8.2 is the first four-stroke Detroit Diesel.

[amfan12]

Let me guess, your a janitor? The 6.2 and 6.5 are completely different the then 350 diesel. The 350 was very unreliable, and expanding it to 6.2 or 6.5 liters would have just made it worse, and the 6.2 and 6.5 were known for their reliability. Look at pictures of a 6.2/6.5 vs. a 350. The blocks are completely different.

[amfan12]

Try again. 6.2/6.5 are their own blocks, hardly anything in common with the 350.

[FANADICALCOWHEAD]

@SveinHaDD How hard would it be to put one these engines in a non-commercial truck, like GM 3500 pickup for example?

[FANADICALCOWHEAD]

@madtownmadman

There are a lot of misconceptions about the olds 5.7L diesel, for starts it's a different block than the 5.7 olds gasser, The reason they usually self destructed was usually due to the electronic fuel pump. They didn't filter out moisture and as the condensation accumulated within the fuel reservoir water would eventually make its way to the cylinders and I'm pretty sure you can imagine the rest. 5.7's can be good work horses with a simple 6.2 fuel pump swap.

[DRNEGOLICIS]

@Alrgc2Air yup the worst thing to do to a 5.7,6.2,6.5 or 8.2 is start it up then go without letting it get warm they have a bit of miss that destroys the harmonic balancer over time witch then in turn cracks the crank shaft

[madtownmadman]

@amfan12 You mean the Olds 350 diesel? All the problems with those diesels stem from the fact that they were a gas engine, converted to diesel. Great foundation for performance-if you convert them back to gas.

[scott93257]

@Alrgc2Air

My mom bought a Bonneville Brougham that had the 5.7 350 diesel... I believe that is the worst engine GM ever made...It was basically a converted gasser...I think she had it for maybe two months before it blew up...She like the car because it was blue and silver and really really pretty...Course my dad hated it because he knew all about that 5.7 diesel...

[scott93257]

Sounds really good....Definitely a 4 stroke...And Snagaff, Type in Detroit 8V71 to hear a two stroke diesel... They sound nice...

[Alrgc2Air]

@DRNEGOLICIS - I have heard this about the 5.7 Oldsmobile diesel, that diesel engines have different maintenance needs, and that most people drove and maintained them like gasoline engines...

[Alrgc2Air]

@SveinHaDD - Just a question -- the 6.2 was new for 1982, did the 8.2 appear before that?

[hunghuge12]

I love the way it sways and you hold it like that's going to make a difference to that brute. Nice vid.

[ilovegoatsecks]

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