Dan Luke wrote:
: "Mike Rapoport" wrote:
: What I want is a turbo diesel. ...Air cooling would be nice for
: simplicity.

: Do you know of successful air cooled turbo diesel applications? Would'nt you
: be asking for thermal distribution problems in such an engine, along with the
: large mechanical tolerances required to deal with them?

Deutz makes large aircooled turbo diesels for the marine industry. 1500HP
and up. They don't have the greatest reputation because of lack of
appreciation of the necessity of keeping the air moving over them, and
the lack of skilled maintenance folks to keep them running. They're
available, though.
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Aaron C.