Buses used them. MCI’s used by the bus company a few blocks from my workplace all had 6V92’s. I’ve read they made as much as 550hp in marine versions,Turbo after cooled. Prevost coaches used 8V92’s and had a ton of power. The basic 6 is 270hp. Would need a lot of parts and money to get 550 out of one. Big torque.....and they used to be nicknamed “driptroits” Lol
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I used a converted MCI 9 for a while to pull the 24' box. It pulls fine. Hard to tell it's back there until there's a long hill. 6V92TA DDEC I, I think it was 370hp? Driptroit is the truth. Carry plenty of extra oil. If it ain't leaking, it ain't got any oil in it.
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Those engines were pretty reliable. They even built 12V92’s by essentially bolting 2 6’s together. Did the same thing with 8’s to make V16’s. They were used a lot as generator engines and I worked on a few
Went to one once that kicked a rod cap right out the side of the block. Still ran and very little oil was thrown around. A V12 I think it was. Right off the NJ Parkway. A Detroit dealer fixed it. I did the initial startup and was nervous !!!! That’s a big pile of iron and even at 1800 rpm gets your attention.
Vogue’s were nice ! Very nice if it’s a Prevost Vogue.
My good friend was the northeast service rep for Prevost for about 15-20 years.
I worked on some coaches with him. They were all Detroits back then. 8V92’s
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Posts: 2733 | Location: Where ever I am, I'm here and it's me | Registered: March 15, 2007
Originally posted by SCDIV1: Those engines were pretty reliable. They even built 12V92’s by essentially bolting 2 6’s together. Did the same thing with 8’s to make V16’s. They were used a lot as generator engines and I worked on a few
Went to one once that kicked a rod cap right out the side of the block. Still ran and very little oil was thrown around. A V12 I think it was. Right off the NJ Parkway. A Detroit dealer fixed it. I did the initial startup and was nervous !!!! That’s a big pile of iron and even at 1800 rpm gets your attention.
Vogue’s were nice ! Very nice if it’s a Prevost Vogue.
My good friend was the northeast service rep for Prevost for about 15-20 years.
I worked on some coaches with him. They were all Detroits back then. 8V92’s
92 cubic inches per cylinder...
Good stories! I started out in the fire industry with 8V71’s and some inline 6’s too. Then went to 6V92TA. Silver 92! Great engines! Yeah the breather boxes blubber oil but those 2 stroke motors are music! Then to Series 60! Even better!
Raceless in California!
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Lots of those 6V92 and 8V92's in boats around here on the Oregon Coast.
12V92's....called them Buzzin Dozen's...there was a bunch of them in trucks pulling multiple log trailers called mule trains out of the woods into town.
You could do a lot worse than one of those motors.
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