I tell you what...I've had the worst month you could imagine..caught my girl cheating and allot of other bad stuff that's happened....But dam if an old Detroit still can't make me smile and brighten up my day...thank you for this video man
I cant comment on the video of you bringing life back to my uncles truck...but i wanted to thank you for giving his heart a home. That was his pride and now that it gets to run again it will keep him alive thank you
You're welcome Corina. Your aunt told us how badly he wanted to put that truck back on the road and we were glad to do it in his memory. And we don't have plans to repaint it or anything, so it will look just like it did when he drove it years ago.
All it needs is a cleaning and a bit of touch up here and there. And ofcourse a full technical run over. But thats a sweet truck with some big memories attached.
I lost my hearing in those Generals with the Screamin' Jimmy, but the worst was my first new 1974 Kenworth Cabover. Sitting on top of that turbo will deafen the dead!
@@Tractors_Trucks_And_Pups hahaha that and having spongebob for only 30 seconds🤣 mermaid man this...and barnacle boy that.. he couldn't hear himself think with that one around
@@deborahchesser7375 that's funny ive heard that alot about those old Detroit diesels...lol they still sound better than anything on the rd today...so many of these young kids driving these rice burners trying to sound like this....but fail miserably..
I remember as a youngster seeing old Greyhound buses going over the passes Colorado. Those Detroit diesels were screaming and going about 25 mph with a black cloud behind. That was music to my ears.
Yup then they ruined sold out twice now half ass MB diesel and sickly aborshen of Detroit my views are if good Screamin Jimmy Detroit isn't screamin drowding out any other noise don't 😎
thank you so much....use to drive an old snub nose white that had a Detroit mated to a seven speed shifter....damn I miss this sound almost brought tears to my eyes
These old Detroit's always sounded like they were gonna fly apart...at 2900 rpm! My old man had the perfect definition of a Detroit diesel, " A device created to convert perfectly serviceable diesel fuel into smoke and noise". I worked on them for decades and still love them today. The cult following is indeed real, with many restoring them to their former glory and even some I have seen, using the 6v53 with twin turbos and nitrous to run 9 seconds in the quarter mile... Nice vid, thanks.
Great sounding GMC General guys. 😎👍. I have just got and I am going to restore the truck. It is a 1971 GMC 9500 with a 6-71 Detroit diesel with a 9 speed fuller behind it. Going to fix the truck to haul antique tractors with it to antique tractor shows.
I used to drive two 84 General's (8-92) & (6-92) and I really liked how the cabs were laid out, bigger than a Pete/KW/w-star cab for foot and knee room. The one with the 892 was a joy to drive.
That sound is pure merica. ....Detroit was in landing craft in ww2 and in some Sherman tanks .....they were in equipment that built the roads and in the trucks ....the 2stroke green and silver
Awesome! And if it was my neighborhood and you woke me up, it would take a second to register what I was hearing, get a smile on my face and rush to the window hoping to still see what beast was driving by.
Love that sound. Me and a friend ran a scremin Detroit with straights on her. Go in for coffee and be yelling at everyone for twenty minutes. Lol 😆 Dam I miss it!!
came here from the Peterbilt rescue to say good job and give it some love and a follow up please. favorite yank truck ever made! cheers from England ; )
Im a 3406 cat guy, and love the ole humm of a cat, but when i heard the puttering idle, and that hot rod sounding engine i was like damnit boy. Very cool video.
I was a boy when these were workingon the road. I had to drive in one all day sometimes. if you thought a 290 cummins dropped too many gears on a 1% grade..this truck drove real drivers insane. I absolutely hated the detroits. thanks for the horrifying ride down leaf spring 2 stroke memory lane
Detroits aren't my favorite engine but they do have a unique sound. They were used in all kinds of equipment so you know they were built to take a beating. But at the end of the day I prefer a CAT or a Cummins.
Thanks for the great video! I feel in love with those screamin jimmys at my first job as a young mechanic right out of high school! We had an International CO 4070 with a 8V71 “318 Detroit” with straight pipes. Then we got 4 Freighltliners with 8V71 “Detroit’s” I was in hog heaven and have loved the sound of those “318” Detroit’s! Great memories that I will never forget!
Amsoil dominator could work but intercepor is got more detergents in it. Both have sae 40w mono grade base oils and have high film strength and resists shearing wear! Idoes work but know feeling like blowing 55$ ga gallon just to b urn it unless you really have to burn it in your turbo 2 stroke snowmobile or 8v92 or what ever floats your 2 stroke skirt.
Just want to say that I read your description on the 1977 peterbilt video and absolutely loved it!! Loved the video and every single word you said was spot on! Don't mind the haters, they are simply just jealous!!
Reminds me of the old 79 White I drove for observer transport. Str8 7 speed. I learned to back in a 72 international. No AC. No power steering. You learn to back pretty damn quick. I miss the shit out of this old equipment
@@truckstractorswildlifeguns6648 i drove a 2005 9900I with a walk in sleeper that had a c15 cat and a 12 speed auto i loved it. I could drink coffee in traffic i told my boss it was like driving a Buick I referred to it as my want to be large car give me that auto any day of the week
Howard Moore so they work pretty well, ? The 12 spd. automatic. ive had bad luck with automatics in light duty trucks, except an old Allison 4 spd. i had in an international, it was surprisingly tough .i guess they can build them strong enough to hold up to all that torque nowadays. another guy a couple years ago, said he had one and it did really well.
weejams ,i don't like new trucks or automatic s, i wouldn't have either ,nor am i just starting out ,im an old man, but i agree ,automatic transmissions do not belong in trucks,if someone needs one they should not be driving.
Thank you, never get enough of that sound. I had the pleasure of working at a Harper Detroit diesel dealer for a short while. There were at least 8 thirty plus year Detroit technicians there. Unfortunately I was trained on 60 series and Allison for the most part but had the pleasure of assisting on rebuilds mostly completes and a few inframes etc. The knowledge those guys had about them was fantastic. I know now why they leak! It is the lost knowledge of the places procedures and little quirks of what washer and where and which sealer to use. I did under the guiding eye of our shop foreman rebuild top to bottom from greasy dead old blob to the Dyno room a little 4/53n. My favourite place to be was the Dyno room when a fresh 2 stroke was run in. A full pull was nothing like you see the turbo ls or hemi that. A full power pull lasted about thirty minutes, that’s after hours of full load at lower revs! 12v/71’s,12a/71’s!! 16v71t that I watched one afternoon shift that was right on the edge of the dynos max I can’t remember but I think it was pushing 800 hp down low around 1800. The cradle was twisting and lifting off the ground. A quick break to chain everything down and back to that wonderful sound.. man I miss that. Oh marine spec !! 6/71t in marine spec pulling 450hp. Wow, man had it in a snub nose Louisville.. up and down the hills no downshifts just screaming. Was a short fuse mind you. Lol. Thanks again that was nice to sit back and enjoy the ride with you guys.. cheers. Jimmy.
Many years ago in my young and stupid days I drove a GMC General with that bad ass high front end. BLIND SPOT!!! My boss was rushing me at 4 in the morning. I was stopped at a light, and my trailer was empty, and I was in a hurry to get my first load. The light was about ready to turn green and I idled forward and felt a little bump. When it turned green I popped the clutch and floored it. A half second latter a little Toyota shot out the front. My big flat bumper had pushed him right across the intersection. Where'd he come from? High front on those suckers, and he was gone out of sight at the light. No damage, just an embarrassed green driver. Lesson to self: Don't move up on little cars at lights!
You are right. That's why he wanted to buy it - the Generals might not be worth as much as a long-hood Pete or Kenworth, but they are still pretty unique trucks and you just don't see many of them. More and more people are becoming interested in them because the prices for older Peterbilts and KW's just keep going up.
Thanks for the video. Talk about a motor you can get into, these were like the Harley Davidsons of the trucking world! I was in one for seven years, and could not wait to get to work the next day. It's like you are the commander of a pirate ship. Just make sure you got enough oil. LMAO ! Hammer down boy let her go !! Thanks again.
@@samsquantch14 I like a turbo on the old Cat engines, but some of the new Cummins, you can't even hear the turbo over those stupid loud fans. I hate the Cummins fans! I'd rather hear the turbo.
Can you believe my school district in California was still using Crown's with Detroits up until a few years back. Our grandparents probably rode the same bus 😂. These Detroits never die.
Sounds good! Love them old Detroit's! I never hear anything like that around my area anymore. When I was a kid I lived close to two quarry's. They had a Trojan front end loader with a 318 Detroit with straight pipes and you could hear it every time he hit the pile. They also had one yuke that had the same motor. You could hear that thing climbing out of the hole. This was the very early 70's
Thanks 👍 for keeping the dream alive. Great sound and scenery before the turn off. You guys are the only ones that show the open duals when driving. Like the shot with Superliner. Cheers from Down under.
L m f a o X10000000 I'm almost 40 n been driving since 14 daily, never got motorcycle license or cdl but driven everything my whole life without a care....BUT I think I really need one of these, lol.... this video made me cheer and that sound and those shifts just made me remember what REAL trucks sounded like as a kid...
I started Driving Trucks in 1980 Ha... A 238 Detroit Behind a 10 SPD. Drove 31 yrs. Too many Trucks to try and remember. My favourite Memories are the old 2 lane or skinny roads we called em. Truckers now just don't know what they missed. Back when this was still AMERICA... Truck Stops were THE WILD WILD WEST. WOW... no way for you young Drivers to understand.
I drive a 1980 Freightliner conventional with an855 Cummins,not sure what model, got the fuller roadranger 13 that was converted to a 15. That screaming bastard is so loud you can't hear that roadranger whine in high gear,not til you pointed the camera straight at the shifter! I love it,and the fact you ain't gonna do nothing to it but clean it up go through it and fix what's needed! That trucks got a history,and it don't need one of these goobers stretching it out and "slamming it"! Good on you for recognizing a good thing! If you know the old guy's name,I'd paint it over the back window, and that would be truck's name.
@@Gabriel-he6ih I mean, the new more aerodynamic based bodies are way more superior in fuel mileage compared to the square hood trucks and what not, but honestly there's just something so unique and cool about the older 70's-80's trucks rocking the Detroit and Cummins engines with the intimidating black diesel smoke bellowing out of the stacks that newer trucks will never be able to replicate. That feeling of hearing loud, agressive sound of a 6v71 coming down a grade, or seeing a Kenworth W900A hitting high revs as the driver is banging hard through the gears while going through a small rural town with the front right suspension nearly coming off the ground is something that the fancier newer trucks will never be able to top.
One of my life goal is to own a truck like this as summer ride 😍 my friends don't understand me lol they're all looking at luxury race car while i'm trippin on loud,huge creepy looking truck.
You're never gonna hear the roaring Detroit Diesel engines because of the Cummins engines and Regulations and stuff this is the best example of a older Semi trucks with the older Detroit Diesel V series and DD series 60 engines
Hello from Sweden! Just discovered detroit diesels. As a mechanic and true "petrolhead" since I was young this was very interesting! These engines were probably not used at all, or very little in Europe thats why its all new to me. Now I´m so eager to learn more about it, watching videos on youtube and googling like a maniac. I guess 2-stroke diesels was used in tanks also long time ago? How is the power output ratio to cubic inches compared to a 4-stroke diesel? What was the smallest and biggest detroit diesel engines? Is it possible to tune them for more power? The noise those are making is so cool, and strange to an ear never heard it before. It reminds a bit of rotary engine sound, even if the construction is not near that at all. I saw comments about truck drivers back in the days was real men. Agree on that, but the working environment must been terrible and probably not to healthy in the long run. I remember as a kid, a friend of my mother was "babysitting" me, but he worked all day as a truck driver so I was with him in the truck. It was an old Scania from the sixties which was shaky and noisy, but I loved it of course! Sometimes I was sitting in the guys lap and steered the truck myself, felt like king of the road as a 10 year old boy :D
Thanks for the comment! These old Detroits are a totally different animal than most other big diesel engines out there. The 8v71 in this truck is making 318 wheel horsepower out of 568 cubic inches. Not exactly the most powerful engine built in its time, but it got the job done. These engines were used in everything from trucks, to farm tractors, construction equipment, trains, generators, and yes...military equipment as well. In fact, the two-stroke Detroits are still being made today, but only for US military use. The smallest one made was a single cylinder 1-71 and the largest factory-built one I believe was a 24v71 or a 16v149...not totally sure.
Michael, I wish you would open up for comments your excellent story of the 1977 Peterbilt. Resurrecting this old truck is a classic story with a good ending. Actually, I am jealous of what you guys did and the fun you are having with it. It had me thinking "I wish I had a truck like this"! Yes, I know there are idiots out there with no clue what is going on. I am impressed it is hardly smoking after your big warm up. The engine must have been in excellent shape.
I'm thinking about maybe opening up the comments again. I don't usually let comments bother me, but I was disgusted that people had the nerve to nitpick every little thing we were doing, and felt the need to criticize a truck that we were reviving in memory of its original owner (a man who loved that truck and took very good care of it).
@@RJ1999x yeah that's why I asked. I wouldn't think they would put a vacuum system on like cars and pickups for brake assist and HVAC 0lenums when air is already available. I drove a Ford cabover and an old International cabover that had air wipers.
The 8V-71 is just a bit small, not a bad engine, just not big enough to make big HP and torque numbers to move heavy weight with ease. When you get to the 8V-92TA, now you're talking about a decent size, capable of the necessary torque and HP. For the 71 series, you need to be at the 12V-71TA. However, it's larger and heavier, and doesn't offer enough added power to make up for the additional size and weight, in most cases. The 71 series never had the lower end strength, and was never built to the standard that the Silver 8V-92TA was, and especially not the later versions with DDEC IV. I love Detroit Diesel engines. But an 8V-71 is real the bare minimum, and in needs to be an 8V-71TA.
MichaelTJD60 Don’t get me wrong I love loud stuff. But I’ve driven many a loud vehicle for 4-500 mile distances. Earplugs do help and even help you stay less fatigued from the noise.
Why does it have a 71 instead of the updated 92 series that came out in the 70's? The 92 series was in production when this truck was made so is this not the original engine?
I don't see why it couldn't have had an 8v71 from the factory. I doubt they would have discontinued them as an option after the 92 series came out because the 71's were so widely used. If I remember correctly, this engine was a very late one according to the build tag. So it most likely was original to the truck. But it's hard to know for sure without getting the build sheet from GM.
@@RJ1999x I've drove my fair share. In Semis, and heavy equipment. Still have a Terex 72-61 wheel loader with a 8v71 in it. I'll grant you a Detroit is not an engine if you're looking for raw speed and that shows especially in a semi but in farm/industrial applications where you can keep them redlined like my Terex it has out pushed and lifted any other of many loaders we've had. They're tough as nails as well. Our Terex has 25K plus hours on it with no rebuild, and when we do rebuild it the job will be easy.
@@BrodieBr0 They are long lasting I'll give you that, I have a Chevy Bison with an 8V71 and learned to drive with a C95 and a 671 . They don't like hills
@@RJ1999x I agree on that...if you miss a shift on a steep grade with a Detroit powered Semi, you might have to pull over and start from a stop. I appreciate any good engine especially for longevity be it a CAT, Cummins or anything.
I tell you what...I've had the worst month you could imagine..caught my girl cheating and allot of other bad stuff that's happened....But dam if an old Detroit still can't make me smile and brighten up my day...thank you for this video man
Who needs a girl when you got S 71 series Mate
Sorry Pal. On to a better one.
Sorry to hear that bro I hope by now you found someone better bitches aint shit
Sean *hit close to home* 😭
I'm Sorry about CHEATING with your X GIRLFRIEND ....It was her FAULT NOT MINE....😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😜😜😜😜🤪🤪🤪🤪
I cant comment on the video of you bringing life back to my uncles truck...but i wanted to thank you for giving his heart a home. That was his pride and now that it gets to run again it will keep him alive thank you
You're welcome Corina. Your aunt told us how badly he wanted to put that truck back on the road and we were glad to do it in his memory. And we don't have plans to repaint it or anything, so it will look just like it did when he drove it years ago.
All it needs is a cleaning and a bit of touch up here and there. And ofcourse a full technical run over. But thats a sweet truck with some big memories attached.
Very cool your buddy saved this ride and gonna keep it alive!!
Thank you for posting,
That’s really cool.
🤗 God bless
Nothing like 8 cylinders of Detroit power playing a tune on the road. Sweet music.
My 8v92 takes 6 gallons of XD-100 BRP
Yes there’s caterpillar and Cummins engines which are far superior !
Ain't no better motor music than a 2 stroker
@@davidgainey3448fastest way to turn diesel into noise
Detroit Diesel is badass, sounds like the Green Goblin Happy Toyz truck from Maximum Overdrive
bluer68 that’s because the green goblin was a Detroit!! Love that movie lol
6v 92 Detroit
@@numap4701 wow dude, are you that fucking stupid or what.
Numa P If you‘re not into this Stuff , then get the hell out and Fuck Off !!!
Numa P dum fuck ur all the more reason we need a wall ..dam good soundin detroit
Forget waking the neighborhood, that will wake the dead !
Good stuff, i like it.
I lost my hearing in those Generals with the Screamin' Jimmy, but the worst was my first new 1974 Kenworth Cabover. Sitting on top of that turbo will deafen the dead!
So I figured I would need one just to piss of my neighbour's i have one that's really sensetive for noises in the morning.
Forget about the dead, satin is sitting down there covering his ears!!!!! Haha
@@Tractors_Trucks_And_Pups hahaha that and having spongebob for only 30 seconds🤣 mermaid man this...and barnacle boy that.. he couldn't hear himself think with that one around
Thats not a truck. That is one pissed off dragon
My thoughts exactly...this things definitely angry with something or someone..lol
Jeff Beard they say the way you drive them is slam your hand in the door then drive it like your pissed off LOL
@@deborahchesser7375 that's funny ive heard that alot about those old Detroit diesels...lol they still sound better than anything on the rd today...so many of these young kids driving these rice burners trying to sound like this....but fail miserably..
@@JBeard1501 my kimchi burner wants a word with you.
A sentient rocket
This sounds incredible. When semis sounded like the real deal. Beautiful sound.
I remember as a youngster seeing old Greyhound buses going over the passes Colorado. Those Detroit diesels were screaming and going about 25 mph with a black cloud behind. That was music to my ears.
Who needs a radio, when you got a Detroit 2 stroke!?
Realman ontheland and it’s a good thing it sounds so amazing cause you couldn’t hear the radio if you had one. Lol
Used to love talking on the CB & Hearing the Detroiter in the Background over the radio.
So is it a Diesel and oil mix
Well...One wouldn’t hear the radio anyway
You wouldnt hear the radio anyways over the damn engine lol
Detroit Diesel the best sounding engine out there
Anton Jefferson Nah fam cat 3406 ftw
Rogee got one in my K125 Seattle
Yup then they ruined sold out twice now half ass MB diesel and sickly aborshen of Detroit my views are if good Screamin Jimmy Detroit isn't screamin drowding out any other noise don't 😎
Rolls Royce Merlin actually
My Sick Plague Put it in a truck?
NOTHING LIKE THAT DISTINCTIVE CLICK OF A 13 SPEED OR THE PITCH OF OD I LOVE IT!
Damn those Detroit Diesels are the best sounding engines ever. All that truck needs is a Dorsey trailer with the F.L.A.G paint job :D
No wonder they are called Screamin Demon Detroits...
Drive it like you hate it and it will always love you........Thanks so much
thank you so much....use to drive an old snub nose white that had a Detroit mated to a seven speed shifter....damn I miss this sound almost brought tears to my eyes
This isn't noise! This is sweet sweet music to my ears! 👂👍
I like that truck.
That old General is gettin' down the road, sounds great.
These old Detroit's always sounded like they were gonna fly apart...at 2900 rpm! My old man had the perfect definition of a Detroit diesel, " A device created to convert perfectly serviceable diesel fuel into smoke and noise". I worked on them for decades and still love them today. The cult following is indeed real, with many restoring them to their former glory and even some I have seen, using the 6v53 with twin turbos and nitrous to run 9 seconds in the quarter mile...
Nice vid, thanks.
Great sounding GMC General guys. 😎👍.
I have just got and I am going to restore the truck. It is a 1971 GMC 9500 with a 6-71 Detroit diesel with a 9 speed fuller behind it. Going to fix the truck to haul antique tractors with it to antique tractor shows.
What love to see a video
I used to drive two 84 General's (8-92) & (6-92) and I really liked how the cabs were laid out, bigger than a Pete/KW/w-star cab for foot and knee room. The one with the 892 was a joy to drive.
I always like the lower pitch sound of an 8V92 the best!
That sound is pure merica. ....Detroit was in landing craft in ww2 and in some Sherman tanks .....they were in equipment that built the roads and in the trucks ....the 2stroke green and silver
Awesome! And if it was my neighborhood and you woke me up, it would take a second to register what I was hearing, get a smile on my face and rush to the window hoping to still see what beast was driving by.
Love that sound. Me and a friend ran a scremin Detroit with straights on her. Go in for coffee and be yelling at everyone for twenty minutes. Lol 😆 Dam I miss it!!
Oh yeah! The second I heard that bark I instantly picture the "Green Goblin" from "Maximum Overdrive"......what a sweet sound.
came here from the Peterbilt rescue to say good job and give it some love and a follow up please. favorite yank truck ever made! cheers from England ; )
I remember many a GMC Astro, General, and others making that glorious noise!
My Dad owned a Freightliner with a 318 in it. Straight pipe all the way to the manifold with brown tag injectors. It was loud as hell. .lol
I’m 38... at 14 this was my first ever truck experience in a dump tri-axle w/ Detroit piped. I’m all 😊. In person it’s so much more thunderous.
My friends can fangirl over all the celebrities they want, i’m fangirling over this sexy badass truck
Huzza! A woman of quality
You are the only woman between your friends.
Im a 3406 cat guy, and love the ole humm of a cat, but when i heard the puttering idle, and that hot rod sounding engine i was like damnit boy. Very cool video.
I am a 3406 guy as well, but those Detroits sure do have a sound of their own.
@@MichaelTJD60 oh yea
I was a boy when these were workingon the road. I had to drive in one all day sometimes. if you thought a 290 cummins dropped too many gears on a 1% grade..this truck drove real drivers insane. I absolutely hated the detroits. thanks for the horrifying ride down leaf spring 2 stroke memory lane
Detroits aren't my favorite engine but they do have a unique sound. They were used in all kinds of equipment so you know they were built to take a beating. But at the end of the day I prefer a CAT or a Cummins.
Thanks for the great video! I feel in love with those screamin jimmys at my first job as a young mechanic right out of high school! We had an International CO 4070 with a 8V71 “318 Detroit” with straight pipes. Then we got 4 Freighltliners with 8V71 “Detroit’s” I was in hog heaven and have loved the sound of those “318” Detroit’s! Great memories that I will never forget!
I got to fill a 6-71 with amsoil sabre professional 2 stroke oil, i must say i like it better the rotella and the motor loved it
Amsoil dominator could work but intercepor is got more detergents in it. Both have sae 40w mono grade base oils and have high film strength and resists shearing wear! Idoes work but know feeling like blowing 55$ ga gallon just to b urn it unless you really have to burn it in your turbo 2 stroke snowmobile or 8v92 or what ever floats your 2 stroke skirt.
I love when they take off making that noise got to love it
Just want to say that I read your description on the 1977 peterbilt video and absolutely loved it!! Loved the video and every single word you said was spot on! Don't mind the haters, they are simply just jealous!!
Exactly
I love the sound of the old Detroit’s , they had a lot of bark but no bit when it came to torque and horse power
Gotta drive it like you just slammed your hand in the door. I really need an old Detroit in my life
Reminds me of the old 79 White I drove for observer transport. Str8 7 speed. I learned to back in a 72 international. No AC. No power steering. You learn to back pretty damn quick. I miss the shit out of this old equipment
14 Volvo drivers dislike a man's truck.
But have a crush on the driver.
i wouldn't be caught dead drivin a VOLVO ,especially with the 12 spd automatic.
@@truckstractorswildlifeguns6648 i drove a 2005 9900I with a walk in sleeper that had a c15 cat and a 12 speed auto i loved it. I could drink coffee in traffic i told my boss it was like driving a Buick I referred to it as my want to be large car give me that auto any day of the week
Howard Moore so they work pretty well, ? The 12 spd. automatic. ive had bad luck with automatics in light duty trucks, except an old Allison 4 spd. i had in an international, it was surprisingly tough .i guess they can build them strong enough to hold up to all that torque nowadays. another guy a couple years ago, said he had one and it did really well.
weejams ,i don't like new trucks or automatic s, i wouldn't have either ,nor am i just starting out ,im an old man, but i agree ,automatic transmissions do not belong in trucks,if someone needs one they should not be driving.
Thank you, never get enough of that sound. I had the pleasure of working at a Harper Detroit diesel dealer for a short while. There were at least 8 thirty plus year Detroit technicians there. Unfortunately I was trained on 60 series and Allison for the most part but had the pleasure of assisting on rebuilds mostly completes and a few inframes etc. The knowledge those guys had about them was fantastic. I know now why they leak! It is the lost knowledge of the places procedures and little quirks of what washer and where and which sealer to use. I did under the guiding eye of our shop foreman rebuild top to bottom from greasy dead old blob to the Dyno room a little 4/53n.
My favourite place to be was the Dyno room when a fresh 2 stroke was run in. A full pull was nothing like you see the turbo ls or hemi that. A full power pull lasted about thirty minutes, that’s after hours of full load at lower revs! 12v/71’s,12a/71’s!! 16v71t that I watched one afternoon shift that was right on the edge of the dynos max I can’t remember but I think it was pushing 800 hp down low around 1800. The cradle was twisting and lifting off the ground. A quick break to chain everything down and back to that wonderful sound.. man I miss that. Oh marine spec !! 6/71t in marine spec pulling 450hp. Wow, man had it in a snub nose Louisville.. up and down the hills no downshifts just screaming. Was a short fuse mind you. Lol. Thanks again that was nice to sit back and enjoy the ride with you guys..
cheers. Jimmy.
Many years ago in my young and stupid days I drove a GMC General with that bad ass high front end. BLIND SPOT!!! My boss was rushing me at 4 in the morning. I was stopped at a light, and my trailer was empty, and I was in a hurry to get my first load. The light was about ready to turn green and I idled forward and felt a little bump. When it turned green I popped the clutch and floored it. A half second latter a little Toyota shot out the front. My big flat bumper had pushed him right across the intersection. Where'd he come from? High front on those suckers, and he was gone out of sight at the light. No damage, just an embarrassed green driver. Lesson to self: Don't move up on little cars at lights!
these trucks are getting more and more desirable. especially the generals .8v71 and the 8v92s
You are right. That's why he wanted to buy it - the Generals might not be worth as much as a long-hood Pete or Kenworth, but they are still pretty unique trucks and you just don't see many of them. More and more people are becoming interested in them because the prices for older Peterbilts and KW's just keep going up.
A freaking diesel hotrod
Yup !!!
Thanks for replying about the shaking ! I drove truck and never seen one with that much vibration. Thanks again! Paul
The 8V71 was available in the UK in the Bedford TM but it was dropped because the emissions were high and only did 5mpg.
Thanks for the video. Talk about a motor you can get into, these were like the Harley Davidsons of the trucking world! I was in one for seven years, and could not wait to get to work the next day. It's like you are the commander of a pirate ship. Just make sure you got enough oil. LMAO ! Hammer down boy let her go !! Thanks again.
NOW THATS WHAT A REAL SEMI SHOULD SOUND LIKE
would be nice to hear some turbo though
@@samsquantch14 this version is non turbo
@@pitviper97 i know im saying it would sound cooler if it had a turbo
ruclips.net/video/_EWH301IO_w/видео.html prefer this
@@samsquantch14 I like a turbo on the old Cat engines, but some of the new Cummins, you can't even hear the turbo over those stupid loud fans. I hate the Cummins fans! I'd rather hear the turbo.
Nice! Love it! I also would like to say you guys did an awesome job recovering that 1977 peterbilt! Nice work! Reminds me of my uncle's old Pete!
That's so cool man! Detroits are the best!
that's some MACHINE! it sounds awesome!
nice video
It’s awesome to think that there were tons of these roaming the streets at one point
They were used in everything...trucks, buses, boats, tractors, generators.....
David S something tells me you like grand nationals?
I love all cars, but I have a thing for Buicks and Toyotas lol. I know its a strange combo!
Can you believe my school district in California was still using Crown's with Detroits up until a few years back. Our grandparents probably rode the same bus 😂. These Detroits never die.
1:06: Yes, everyone MUST wake up, to start the day good, since waking up late isn't healthy always.
Sounds good! Love them old Detroit's! I never hear anything like that around my area anymore. When I was a kid I lived close to two quarry's. They had a Trojan front end loader with a 318 Detroit with straight pipes and you could hear it every time he hit the pile. They also had one yuke that had the same motor. You could hear that thing climbing out of the hole. This was the very early 70's
Man I miss hearing the sound of those two-stroke Detroit Diesels. Thanks for the video, I like the Peterbilt video too cool truck.
You know your trucks badass when it blows out your microphone
Thanks 👍 for keeping the dream alive. Great sound and scenery before the turn off. You guys are the only ones that show the open duals when driving. Like the shot with Superliner. Cheers from Down under.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed!
love these old Detroit's sounds like 8k but really 2k
The neighbors love when you come through.
Four times shifting to get across the road with an engine screaming as if you are going 160mph. Just gotta love these trucks with detroit diesels
I don't even have a CDL, now you've got me cruising facebook and craigslist for an old semi. lol
L m f a o X10000000 I'm almost 40 n been driving since 14 daily, never got motorcycle license or cdl but driven everything my whole life without a care....BUT I think I really need one of these, lol.... this video made me cheer and that sound and those shifts just made me remember what REAL trucks sounded like as a kid...
Nothing like beautiful music from a Detroit diesel
dragon 71 dragon detroit sixty with straight pipes is 😍
Their EMD cousins sound nice too especially the the 567 models.
I started Driving Trucks in 1980 Ha... A 238 Detroit Behind a 10 SPD. Drove 31 yrs. Too many Trucks to try and remember. My favourite Memories are the old 2 lane or skinny roads we called em. Truckers now just don't know what they missed. Back when this was still
AMERICA... Truck Stops were THE WILD WILD WEST.
WOW... no way for you young Drivers to understand.
I drive a 1980 Freightliner conventional with an855 Cummins,not sure what model, got the fuller roadranger 13 that was converted to a 15. That screaming bastard is so loud you can't hear that roadranger whine in high gear,not til you pointed the camera straight at the shifter! I love it,and the fact you ain't gonna do nothing to it but clean it up go through it and fix what's needed! That trucks got a history,and it don't need one of these goobers stretching it out and "slamming it"!
Good on you for recognizing a good thing!
If you know the old guy's name,I'd paint it over the back window, and that would be truck's name.
I haven't heard a Loud Diesel Truck like that in a Long time
Back when trucks were trucks
Hahahh i agree
Todays trucks are wedges with lawnmower engines
@@Gabriel-he6ih I mean, the new more aerodynamic based bodies are way more superior in fuel mileage compared to the square hood trucks and what not, but honestly there's just something so unique and cool about the older 70's-80's trucks rocking the Detroit and Cummins engines with the intimidating black diesel smoke bellowing out of the stacks that newer trucks will never be able to replicate. That feeling of hearing loud, agressive sound of a 6v71 coming down a grade, or seeing a Kenworth W900A hitting high revs as the driver is banging hard through the gears while going through a small rural town with the front right suspension nearly coming off the ground is something that the fancier newer trucks will never be able to top.
One of my life goal is to own a truck like this as summer ride 😍 my friends don't understand me lol they're all looking at luxury race car while i'm trippin on loud,huge creepy looking truck.
Same thinking burh 😂
I like to drive heavy vehicles like bus, Trucks.
Damn that truck sounds bad ass🔥🔥👌🏾
You're never gonna hear the roaring Detroit Diesel engines because of the Cummins engines and Regulations and stuff this is the best example of a older Semi trucks with the older Detroit Diesel V series and DD series 60 engines
You'll hear them in some military equipment. The two-stroke Detroits are still being produced but only for the military.
Nothing tops that Detroit sound👍👍,,,
Not a bear in site! Keep it clean and green bring it on up
DETROIT DIESEL: waking up the dead and out running Ford mustangs for decades on end.
Hello from Sweden!
Just discovered detroit diesels. As a mechanic and true "petrolhead" since I was young this was very interesting! These engines were probably not used at all, or very little in Europe thats why its all new to me. Now I´m so eager to learn more about it, watching videos on youtube and googling like a maniac. I guess 2-stroke diesels was used in tanks also long time ago? How is the power output ratio to cubic inches compared to a 4-stroke diesel? What was the smallest and biggest detroit diesel engines? Is it possible to tune them for more power? The noise those are making is so cool, and strange to an ear never heard it before. It reminds a bit of rotary engine sound, even if the construction is not near that at all.
I saw comments about truck drivers back in the days was real men. Agree on that, but the working environment must been terrible and probably not to healthy in the long run. I remember as a kid, a friend of my mother was "babysitting" me, but he worked all day as a truck driver so I was with him in the truck. It was an old Scania from the sixties which was shaky and noisy, but I loved it of course! Sometimes I was sitting in the guys lap and steered the truck myself, felt like king of the road as a 10 year old boy :D
Thanks for the comment! These old Detroits are a totally different animal than most other big diesel engines out there. The 8v71 in this truck is making 318 wheel horsepower out of 568 cubic inches. Not exactly the most powerful engine built in its time, but it got the job done. These engines were used in everything from trucks, to farm tractors, construction equipment, trains, generators, and yes...military equipment as well. In fact, the two-stroke Detroits are still being made today, but only for US military use. The smallest one made was a single cylinder 1-71 and the largest factory-built one I believe was a 24v71 or a 16v149...not totally sure.
I want to hear one of these in person so bad.
Michael, I wish you would open up for comments your excellent story of the 1977 Peterbilt. Resurrecting this old truck is a classic story with a good ending. Actually, I am jealous of what you guys did and the fun you are having with it. It had me thinking "I wish I had a truck like this"! Yes, I know there are idiots out there with no clue what is going on. I am impressed it is hardly smoking after your big warm up. The engine must have been in excellent shape.
I'm thinking about maybe opening up the comments again. I don't usually let comments bother me, but I was disgusted that people had the nerve to nitpick every little thing we were doing, and felt the need to criticize a truck that we were reviving in memory of its original owner (a man who loved that truck and took very good care of it).
All she's missing is the green goblin face mounted on the grille lol
Beast mode! Detroit diesel power...💯
1. Detroit Diesel
2. Scania V8
3. Everything else
Having grown up watching Convoy I love the sound of this engine.
Ironically, the Rubber Duck Mack truck did not have a Detroit engine, it was just a sound effect. Same goes for the Peterbilt in Black Dog.
@@MichaelTJD60 yeah I know, but I’d have to the Detroit in it if I built a replica RD truck.
Keep up to great work on the videos
Now that's a truck. I love it.
Really loud. You do know what an old Detroit drivers favorite saying is , don't you..
It's "What?"
Loud and proud
Drove one many years ago and still miss the hell out of that ole beast
My grandfather is nearly deaf dom it ahha
Reminds me of the scene in First Blood with John Rambo driving the big deuce and a half!!!
I was laughing my ass off just thinking if I didn't like my neighbors I would send this beast down the road at 4am every morning 😂🤣
Loud pipes save lives!
Isn't that the truth!
If you can remember the GMC generals had a vacuum system for their windshield wipers and also power windows if the trucks had that option
That's exactly what this truck has, vacuum wipers and a power passenger window. The driver's window is manual, though.
Vacuum or air?
@@tompaul2591 they're air. Diesels don't make vacuum
@@RJ1999x yeah that's why I asked. I wouldn't think they would put a vacuum system on like cars and pickups for brake assist and HVAC 0lenums when air is already available. I drove a Ford cabover and an old International cabover that had air wipers.
You can tell thats a real mans truck cause you have to actually drive it. Unlike now n days.
No matter I just love that sweet truck of yours
The 8V-71 is just a bit small, not a bad engine, just not big enough to make big HP and torque numbers to move heavy weight with ease.
When you get to the 8V-92TA, now you're talking about a decent size, capable of the necessary torque and HP. For the 71 series, you need to be at the 12V-71TA. However, it's larger and heavier, and doesn't offer enough added power to make up for the additional size and weight, in most cases. The 71 series never had the lower end strength, and was never built to the standard that the Silver 8V-92TA was, and especially not the later versions with DDEC IV.
I love Detroit Diesel engines. But an 8V-71 is real the bare minimum, and in needs to be an 8V-71TA.
OMG That 1977 truck you guys bought was sweet. All thow it would look nice all fixed up, I think I would leave it like that for a while.
I love those 2 strokes, I want one so bad!
Sounds awesome I bet people are looking around wondering if something is going to land in the field lol
That's beautiful 🤩. Glory days of truckin' right there
I passed you guys north of Polaris heading home. I smelled it before I heard it!
Those 5" pipes are music for the miles.
Yup. Great sound. Two days later and I still haven't gotten my hearing back.
@@numap4701 please do us all a favor and dissappear
MichaelTJD60
Don’t get me wrong I love loud stuff.
But I’ve driven many a loud vehicle for 4-500 mile distances.
Earplugs do help and even help you stay less fatigued from the noise.
@@MichaelTJD60 Those Tubes were Designated "COP-CALLERS" Out on the Big Street back in the Day.
A truck with gearbox from fast & furuious - now that's something!
One October morning in 2018...I think I did hear that beautiful machine of yours...And I live in Sweden! Amazing sound man!!
Why does it have a 71 instead of the updated 92 series that came out in the 70's? The 92 series was in production when this truck was made so is this not the original engine?
I don't see why it couldn't have had an 8v71 from the factory. I doubt they would have discontinued them as an option after the 92 series came out because the 71's were so widely used. If I remember correctly, this engine was a very late one according to the build tag. So it most likely was original to the truck. But it's hard to know for sure without getting the build sheet from GM.
Keep that Jimmy redlined and she'll pull down a skyscraper. Thanks for sharing :)
You obviously never drove one. In reality they're more noise them power
@Mysterious Stranger From Arizona until you hit a hill, and it laid right down
@@RJ1999x I've drove my fair share. In Semis, and heavy equipment. Still have a Terex 72-61 wheel loader with a 8v71 in it. I'll grant you a Detroit is not an engine if you're looking for raw speed and that shows especially in a semi but in farm/industrial applications where you can keep them redlined like my Terex it has out pushed and lifted any other of many loaders we've had. They're tough as nails as well. Our Terex has 25K plus hours on it with no rebuild, and when we do rebuild it the job will be easy.
@@BrodieBr0 They are long lasting I'll give you that, I have a Chevy Bison with an 8V71 and learned to drive with a C95 and a 671 . They don't like hills
@@RJ1999x I agree on that...if you miss a shift on a steep grade with a Detroit powered Semi, you might have to pull over and start from a stop. I appreciate any good engine especially for longevity be it a CAT, Cummins or anything.
Let's go wake up the neighbors, it's time they were up, anyway. Ha ha.
I wonder how many people damn near, or literally pissed or shit themselves, when he went through the first gear LOL.
Screamin Demon that's what they use to be call and if its not leaking oil there none in it
Fill the oil & check the fuel
Keep the rubber side down an the shiny side up,10-4.
Keep her between the ditches and stay out of the bitches
Keep the bugs off yer glass and the bears off yer tail,10-4