Growing up in Central Connecticut in the mid 70’s, my hometown’s school busses had these engines. Could hear the bus coming a mile away. The sound is forever embedded in my mind!
@jfdb59 ya u gota compare apples n apples far from that this engine started out in 1930s and as tough as people think cummins are a 6v 53 would be 3600 rpm I did not say like this but nothing is as simple beautiful as ol school DD CHANGE FUEL INTO NOISE FOR ABT 100YRS our log loader ran 32 oo rpm day after day at a set rpm not up dn as ur almost trk as no 1 drive a dodge ! All drive a cummins lol I would not claim a dodge either
Same reasoning I always make ;D A friend asked me, time ago "What if you'd win the lottery and you'd become rich?" And my answer was this: "No ferraris, no lamborghinis, no porches... I'd own a cabover, with a double d under the cab" ;)
Used to haul logs in Molalla Oregon back in the 70s in a 64 KW with a 318 Detroit with #70 injecters turned up to 2600 RPM with twin stacks ....It would scream like a casterated Camachee.......Had to roll the windows down to let the noise out....I was just a kid then and thought it was fun
Awesome sound, It's all about the hair raising, nails digging into the steering wheel rush of all that power. That's a great sounding dinosaur powered jet.
I Work at detroit in Aus and they still have 6v71s 8v92's and even 6v92's and they are used in either marine applications or generator or in trains They don't make new engines anymore, they are just rebuilt. There are still very few that are in prime movers and buses however.
Nice job with this. Good sound of this type of Detroit, perfect time of year with the snow and top it off with low angle 'golden hour' sunlight at the end. I wish I could give more than one thumbs up.
Saw/ heard an old Ford Louisville powered by a Jimmy drive through the yard at work today! all the 20-somethings couldn't understand what I was excited about. They don't know what they're missing!!!
marty weeks i have the privilege of being around one all the time! My dad's grain truck is a 1976 louisville with a 8V71! The thing is so loud you have to open the windows when you drive it because it just shakes the entire cab! The screamin' Jimmy really is something else!
Definitely will have to come see you guys. Itll be good getting the truck out for a little jog, would love to see your project in person. Start thinking spring weather!
I had a 48 chevy 453n,t19 warner,410 rear,almost put in the gear vendor-I found a 87 dodge dana 70,-3.07-I swapped out the 410---made a world of difference-then did it again in a chevy with a 4bt--well worth the work--150 bucks for the 3.07. good video
freaking awesome dude. truck sounds amazing! i'm generally a Ford guy but i give you some serious points for this! gotta love them detroit diesels!!!!!!
Holy crap! I didn't know anyone put one of these into a square body! I've been looking at doing a swap like this, where would be a good place to find an engine?
Love it!! I doubt I could use something like this as a daily driver. 60 to 70 miles from Tiverton to Boston/Framingham/Worcester for work will be a little tough on the ears...then up to 12 hours in a locomotive.,.
Good morning from Cape Cod 🦈 the different camera locations really captured the beautiful sound and performance of this great build. Absolutely fantastic 🤘✌️🇺🇲
I love it how you dont run it through all 50gears like 0,1sec accel then shift. Sounds way better when the engine can rev from low to high on 1 bigger gear jump :)
Thanks for the good words on my truck. Im in bourne. Definitely have to swing the rig up your way some weekend when the weather turns nice. Would love to see your project. You said 5x4x2? I assume thats a 2 speed rear?.. Im currently in the process of purchasing a 1961 mack b-61 with a triplex (5x3) Should be fun getting use to driving that. Keep in touch, i look forward to seeing some more 453 videos from you.
Yes Josh... 2 speed rear... Spicer TH35 5 speed into a 6041 Spicer 4 speed Auxiliary into the 2 speed rear.... Honestly haven't touched the truck or any of my projects since I bought my house..... but hopefully this year I can put a few of them on the map....
Watched this video with a subwoofer and my entire desk was shaking. For a good reason. I would love to get one of these engines and a old truck and drive it everywhere.
Awesome truck! Really great attention to detail. Did you have to fab motor mounts for this? Also what transmission did you use and what did you have to modify to make it fit?
I've always loved chevys..had 4 gassers..finally got a duramax..I love it..was doing some looking around and people were saying Chevy diesels were garbage before the duramax..what's the deal..these old chevys seem cool
as far as i know not only emission issue also fuel-consumption issue, the problem also just like 2 stroke gasoline engine too.. 2 stroke diesel engine is awesome!
2 Things make it have the distinct detroit sound. The first and most obvious is that its a 2 stroke diesel, so each cylinder fires on every revolution. The second, is that it uses a blower, much like you would see on a supercharged street rod, to push the fresh air into the engine and the exhaust gases out. The blower tends to make a kind of vacuum cleaner noise, which is distinct on every detroit 2 stroke engine.
A bus would more likely have had a bigger 6v53 or a 71 series... very similar but they sound a bit different. The 71 series was supposedly more reliable as well.... although much heavier.
well that's just damn impressive...! plow and plates eludes to being south of B. spent a winter in East Bridgewater. you don't have to worry about seeing me ever again.
Josh.. I have a chrome square tubular grill for these trucks... was gonna put it on my 82' but ended up selling the truck... if you wanna take the ride to the shop you can have it....
Love the truck....where about in Mass are you?? My shops in Attleboro and I'm putting and 4-53 in 53' GMC with a 5+4+2 in it... we should meet up sometime.... we would love to have you bring the truck by the shop...
Very nice, awesome truck! I have a 72 GMC one ton dually with a 4-53 and a two speed aux. trans. It doesn't sound as good as yours though and I'm still looking for joke brakes
I know the Euclid trucks I drove with those, you could not put enough on it to bog it down, the guys would have junk rolling off onto my cab because it was piled so high, the only one with more power was the big 6 in the Terex, but they like their oil. LoL
Will this truck run on the highway? We used to have one of these engines in an old GMC rollback and it had a max speed of about 60 mph. Love the sound man!
Speed all depends on the gears and gear ratio of the axle. The engine has enough power to do any speed you want... within it's power band. A 453 and a borg warner t-5 transmission salvaged out of an old s-10 blazer should do just fine. Either that or keep the stock 4-speed and change out ring and pinions. You never used the granny gear where the ratios were at anyways.
Thanks for your "Dynamic-Duo truck build!" thats sum "3 quarter wild teeruk" you got! "I say Semi-Pro!" Your vid's have encouraged me a lot, My DD build ideas are in motion I hope sum day Really soon to start :^\ "trust me I have tons of parts just not the time or the facilities ...yet! Matt
That Detroit bolt up to a small block bell housing? What about clutch or flex plate, depending on automatic or standard? And what about motor mounts? I did an 82 half ton with a 3.9 cummins conversion. Lot of work, but all in all didn't run as well as the 6.2 that came out of it. Sure like what you did here though, way to go
I understand this, my question was about this truck as the video seem like it is screaming in top gear but not really moving along that fast. And wouldn't you think you would tear a transmission apart that came with a 4 cylinder gas engine?
You should tur that truck back in to a plow truck. I read you took the plow off. I take it to mean that it's not a plow truck now. I think that was a wrong thing to do. also you should put a 2ND stack on that truck, it would look even beter that way I think. Thank you for sharing and take care.
With the 8 foot blade and the weight of the Detroit under the hood, it was too much on the front end i was afraid. Plus it was just way too slow plowing snow, the trucks slow, the plow is super slow, it puts tons of wear and tear going forward and reverse all night on the clutch...it just wasn't justifiable for me and my uses. not to mention its my daily driver now.
Nothing too crazy, i pulled mainly my 17 foot small equipment trailer, roughly 7500pounds gross weight and it handled it fine. Will have to get a video someday.
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Growing up in Central Connecticut in the mid 70’s, my hometown’s school busses had these engines. Could hear the bus coming a mile away. The sound is forever embedded in my mind!
But your bus probably had a 671 or an 8v71 because a 453t is too small for a bus
You are a god😂👍
Im gonna get one of these engines, clean and paint it up, and put it on a nice stand in my living room with an exhuast pipe coming out the roof.
YOU SIR, are on to something there!!!...hmmmm
good idea!!
thee american dream, its awesome
+CHRIS BROESKY Only thing I see wrong with that idea is it will leak oil all over your living room floor, knowing it's a Detroit.
MichaelTJD60 Yeah well im single, and the 3208 didnt wanna fit through the door lol.
I can imagine all of the Cummins fan boys looking at you like, "what the fuck is that wicked thing?!?!"
i am one of them. I love how this thing sounds. But I would have to wait for him at the next light to tell him. ;)
Their parents will have to explain it to them.
@jfdb59 sapose at 212 ci I would hope so ! 53 ci per hole
@jfdb59 ya u gota compare apples n apples far from that this engine started out in 1930s and as tough as people think cummins are a 6v 53 would be 3600 rpm I did not say like this but nothing is as simple beautiful as ol school DD CHANGE FUEL INTO NOISE FOR ABT 100YRS our log loader ran 32 oo rpm day after day at a set rpm not up dn as ur almost trk as no 1 drive a dodge ! All drive a cummins lol I would not claim a dodge either
Um something better then a Cummins and it’s the best sounding diesel out there
SO much cooler than a Cummins swap! Love it.
So to is a 3126 CAT swap.... Cummins is like the LS swap of diesels. I love a Cummins engine but theres so many of them
the magic of two strokes
@@199jl Would that make this essentially a Coyote swap?
@@dominator9833 hahaha possibly.... maybe soon to use that as a comparison yet but I could see it haha
I love them too but they arent super easy to find
Theres only one thing this truck needs to make it super cool and that would be a jake brake!
This is already super cool. That would make it absolute zero.
@@kelharper7971 I agree
They have them
Same reasoning I always make ;D
A friend asked me, time ago
"What if you'd win the lottery and you'd become rich?"
And my answer was this:
"No ferraris, no lamborghinis, no porches... I'd own a cabover, with a double d under the cab" ;)
there's nothing that sounds as good as a Detroit 2 stroke diesel
I give you the music of my people
Joe Collier saved it
Those aluminum 6v53 2 strokes are sick!
That happy idle is just the best thing on earth. The revs are sexy too but damn, that happy happy idle.
This is one cool sounding truck beautifully maintained 😅
Runs 87mph +/- a few, wide open. Faster than ill ever need to go in it.
Is that its top speed?
@@angelperez7891seems like
Used to haul logs in Molalla Oregon back in the 70s in a 64 KW with a 318 Detroit with #70 injecters turned up to 2600 RPM with twin stacks ....It would scream like a casterated Camachee.......Had to roll the windows down to let the noise out....I was just a kid then and thought it was fun
Awesome sound, It's all about the hair raising, nails digging into the steering wheel rush of all that power. That's a great sounding dinosaur powered jet.
Can't get enough of them screamin' Jimmys !
Wow ! Your truck sounds absolutely fantastic! Very very well done .
I Work at detroit in Aus and they still have 6v71s 8v92's and even 6v92's and they are used in either marine applications or generator or in trains
They don't make new engines anymore, they are just rebuilt. There are still very few that are in prime movers and buses however.
We don't go fast but man we have a lot a fun :-) Sounds real nice, nice tune to, not over the top, just a light puff of smoke on full noise, sweet.
I love the smell of diesel in the morning, that smell, that diesel smell, the whole hill. It smells like power..
yes, yes it does. Diesel smells amazing
That thing is a monster going down the road, Sounds great.
Actually i get 23mpg around town, not bad for an 84 3/4ton 4x4 truck :)
Nice job with this. Good sound of this type of Detroit, perfect time of year with the snow and top it off with low angle 'golden hour' sunlight at the end. I wish I could give more than one thumbs up.
Saw/ heard an old Ford Louisville powered by a Jimmy drive through the yard at work today! all the 20-somethings couldn't understand what I was excited about. They don't know what they're missing!!!
marty weeks i have the privilege of being around one all the time! My dad's grain truck is a 1976 louisville with a 8V71! The thing is so loud you have to open the windows when you drive it because it just shakes the entire cab! The screamin' Jimmy really is something else!
man you really dont see a lot of GMCs from that era. looks awesome, sounds awesome. im in love
Definitely will have to come see you guys. Itll be good getting the truck out for a little jog, would love to see your project in person. Start thinking spring weather!
Clark 5 speed overdrive, you can watch all my other vids of it, we made all the motor mounts. Appreciate the comment man.
man you did a good job building that truck looks great and sounds even better
This my Friend is Fucking badass
Thankya sir
Love that oldschool fisher setup... looks nice on that truck.
Love the sound of that little beast!! Great work on the swap!!!
If I could do this to my Colorado, I will in a heart-beat.
+MJofLakeland1 i live in Colorado and i have on in a forklift it works the best
Might be a bit heavy for that application
2-53 would probly fit nicely
Same here
Looks and sounds great! nice paint job and wheels and tires as well! Enjoy !
I had a 48 chevy 453n,t19 warner,410 rear,almost put in the gear vendor-I found a 87 dodge dana 70,-3.07-I swapped out the 410---made a world of difference-then did it again in a chevy with a 4bt--well worth the work--150 bucks for the 3.07. good video
Shoutout from TAT Express out of Hutchins, TX
freaking awesome dude. truck sounds amazing! i'm generally a Ford guy but i give you some serious points for this! gotta love them detroit diesels!!!!!!
I appreciate that man
that truck is fucking sick literally everything is perfect on it
It will never be perfect! Im always doing or changing something on it LOL..
That sounds fantastic! What a sound to it!
Holy crap! I didn't know anyone put one of these into a square body! I've been looking at doing a swap like this, where would be a good place to find an engine?
Love it!! I doubt I could use something like this as a daily driver. 60 to 70 miles from Tiverton to Boston/Framingham/Worcester for work will be a little tough on the ears...then up to 12 hours in a locomotive.,.
Good morning from Cape Cod 🦈 the different camera locations really captured the beautiful sound and performance of this great build. Absolutely fantastic 🤘✌️🇺🇲
LOVE IT A CHEVY WITH A DETROIT CAN'T BEAT THAT FORD NICELY DONE GUYS
I love it how you dont run it through all 50gears like 0,1sec accel then shift.
Sounds way better when the engine can rev from low to high on 1 bigger gear jump :)
Thanks for the good words on my truck. Im in bourne. Definitely have to swing the rig up your way some weekend when the weather turns nice. Would love to see your project. You said 5x4x2? I assume thats a 2 speed rear?.. Im currently in the process of purchasing a 1961 mack b-61 with a triplex (5x3) Should be fun getting use to driving that. Keep in touch, i look forward to seeing some more 453 videos from you.
I especially love the sound of turbo boosted Detroit Diesels.
one word= BADASS nice work
Appreciate that man
Yes Josh... 2 speed rear... Spicer TH35 5 speed into a 6041 Spicer 4 speed Auxiliary into the 2 speed rear.... Honestly haven't touched the truck or any of my projects since I bought my house..... but hopefully this year I can put a few of them on the map....
This is just like being in engine test at the Redford plant, great video
Watched this video with a subwoofer and my entire desk was shaking. For a good reason. I would love to get one of these engines and a old truck and drive it everywhere.
There ain’t nothing like a screaming Detroit
Awesome truck! Really great attention to detail. Did you have to fab motor mounts for this? Also what transmission did you use and what did you have to modify to make it fit?
Josh, gotta say......i just LUV the sound of your screamin' Jimmy. :D
Thankyou!
Thanks man. Yea its a go pro, Jakes are hard to find! especially with the valve cover spacer! And if i do find a set, i cant afford them LOL.
I've always loved chevys..had 4 gassers..finally got a duramax..I love it..was doing some looking around and people were saying Chevy diesels were garbage before the duramax..what's the deal..these old chevys seem cool
They were probably talking bout the 6.2 and 6.5, which aren't bad, just gutless
6.2/6.5's put out decent power with little work.
The 6.2 and 6.5's were designed for mileage. At the time diesel was cheaper than gasoline and speed limits were 55.
Badass. How hard is it to find parts for these engines and how expensive?
Parts are readily available at any heavy truck part supplier. They are a very common engine. In frame engine rebuild kit will run you about $800
For my first vehicle this would be really badass but I would have to pay for most everything. How much would this cost in say a new ford chassis?
Beautiful truck. I would love to own a truck with a Detroit 453
Got to drive it like you are mad at it
as far as i know not only emission issue also fuel-consumption issue, the problem also just like 2 stroke gasoline engine too.. 2 stroke diesel engine is awesome!
2 Things make it have the distinct detroit sound. The first and most obvious is that its a 2 stroke diesel, so each cylinder fires on every revolution. The second, is that it uses a blower, much like you would see on a supercharged street rod, to push the fresh air into the engine and the exhaust gases out. The blower tends to make a kind of vacuum cleaner noise, which is distinct on every detroit 2 stroke engine.
So awesome sound... But if i didn't know i heard a detroit diesel i would have thought my top was going to blow 😂
Now, I want to know who the 32 knuckleheads are that disliked this awesome piece of machinery...
33 people disliked this video. they are Prius owners.
The same guys who are scared to challenge a Detroit diesel with their daddys truck
They are probably dodge boys.
Sounds like a fucking 60's bus. Oh wait that is a Detroit bus engine.
A bus would more likely have had a bigger 6v53 or a 71 series... very similar but they sound a bit different. The 71 series was supposedly more reliable as well.... although much heavier.
Beautiful truck, I see a Massachusetts inspection sticker!
Even if I was a multi-milonare, THIS is the truck I would own! The coolness factor is off the chart on this one! :-)
Awesome - any pictures of under the hood? Was it a difficult conversion for motor mounts, trans etc? Best sounding diesel ever!
Great video and very we'll put together... Truck included. Being a Michigander, love the scenery while driving too.
Hey josh... You can kinda see my old 85 chevy truck on the left at 4:13 lol.
In love with your truck... great build. Do you still have it?
Wow this is an awesome truck!! Sure would like to put something like this together eventually. Great work man, looks and sounds great!
Nice old truck, sounds awesome.
Thank you!
@@josh216882000 hey, you're welcome,man.
well that's just damn impressive...!
plow and plates eludes to being south of B. spent a winter in East Bridgewater. you don't have to worry about seeing me ever again.
This is an awesome truck!! What kind of power rating does it have?? I bet there is not another one like it!!
Josh.. I have a chrome square tubular grill for these trucks... was gonna put it on my 82' but ended up selling the truck... if you wanna take the ride to the shop you can have it....
Love the truck....where about in Mass are you?? My shops in Attleboro and I'm putting and 4-53 in 53' GMC with a 5+4+2 in it... we should meet up sometime.... we would love to have you bring the truck by the shop...
detroit does still produce the 6v92 and 8v92 for military vehicles
Great Detroit Diesel engine. A lot of them on boats too.
An 8v53 with an Allison auto installed in a peterbuilt pick up truck conversation would be nice.
Very nice, awesome truck! I have a 72 GMC one ton dually with a 4-53 and a two speed aux. trans. It doesn't sound as good as yours though and I'm still looking for joke brakes
I know the Euclid trucks I drove with those, you could not put enough on it to bog it down, the guys would have junk rolling off onto my cab because it was piled so high, the only one with more power was the big 6 in the Terex, but they like their oil. LoL
Omg loved the sound at the end
That would be so nice with an allison automatic trans behind it.
Is that possible?
@@zanefitch9343 of course it is. You just need an adapter plate if it won't already bolt up to the engine.
It's a conversion. 2 stroke diesels didn't come in production vehicles past like the 1950s in America. I REALLY wish they did though :)
What mods did you do to that beautiful sounding engine? Head Studs, bigger turbo, 4 or 5" exhaust???
can these old detroits get up and go?
+qestmaster Not really, more for Torque.
torque moves the vehicle bud
qestmaster yeah i know put also poses as How fast you accelerate.
Sounds like a diesel truck with a blown engine is a good place to start. Thanks!
Will this truck run on the highway? We used to have one of these engines in an old GMC rollback and it had a max speed of about 60 mph.
Love the sound man!
Speed all depends on the gears and gear ratio of the axle. The engine has enough power to do any speed you want... within it's power band. A 453 and a borg warner t-5 transmission salvaged out of an old s-10 blazer should do just fine. Either that or keep the stock 4-speed and change out ring and pinions. You never used the granny gear where the ratios were at anyways.
How did you do the swap I'm looking to do one myself thanks cool vid
Started with a bare frame and worked my way up. It all can be seen in my other videos. Thanks for the comment
Beautiful truck, nice job!!
I like the swap! Have u hauled anything like a large trailor
That's fucking awesome. Sounds amazing
Best way to do it! Little by little! Hope to see some progress videos someday.
Thanks for your "Dynamic-Duo truck build!" thats sum "3 quarter wild teeruk" you got! "I say Semi-Pro!" Your vid's have encouraged me a lot, My DD build ideas are in motion I hope sum day Really soon to start :^\ "trust me I have tons of parts just not the time or the facilities ...yet!
Matt
That Detroit bolt up to a small block bell housing? What about clutch or flex plate, depending on automatic or standard? And what about motor mounts? I did an 82 half ton with a 3.9 cummins conversion. Lot of work, but all in all didn't run as well as the 6.2 that came out of it. Sure like what you did here though, way to go
I understand this, my question was about this truck as the video seem like it is screaming in top gear but not really moving along that fast.
And wouldn't you think you would tear a transmission apart that came with a 4 cylinder gas engine?
What kind of fuel economy does this get? Highway/city towing and not towing??
A turbo'd 212ci diesel? probably not bad at all. If I had to guess, maybe 24mph if you REALLY babied it. But where's the fun in that?
You should tur that truck back in to a plow truck. I read you took the plow off. I take it to mean that it's not a plow truck now. I think that was a wrong thing to do. also you should put a 2ND stack on that truck, it would look even beter that way I think. Thank you for sharing and take care.
That project is hardcore! Nice.
With the 8 foot blade and the weight of the Detroit under the hood, it was too much on the front end i was afraid. Plus it was just way too slow plowing snow, the trucks slow, the plow is super slow, it puts tons of wear and tear going forward and reverse all night on the clutch...it just wasn't justifiable for me and my uses. not to mention its my daily driver now.
Sounds Bloody good to me dude, well done!
I love everything about this!
Nothing too crazy, i pulled mainly my 17 foot small equipment trailer, roughly 7500pounds gross weight and it handled it fine. Will have to get a video someday.