During the process of equipping these engines with turbochargers, the engine engineers of Nanwan Heavy Vehicles took the opportunity to clean up these old engines since they had nothing to do.
Lei Heyang, who was in charge here, was dumbfounded on the spot: Damn! After being messed around with by these people from Nanwan, I really don’t even recognize it anymore.
For example, the tank engine brought to Nanwan this time is an L-3 diesel engine, finalized in 1965. It has a V-type 12-cylinder design and a 150mm bore.
This engine has a power of 316kW or 430 horsepower and is the standard configuration of the Type 62 light tank.
The prototype of this engine is the Soviet B2-54A tank diesel engine.
Nanwan Heavy Vehicle may still be timid about engines from other countries, but it is very familiar with engines from the former Soviet Union.
Countless Soviet engines have been modified beyond recognition by the Nanwan Heavy Vehicle Company.
The V-type 12-cylinder engine on the MA7912 was changed to a V10 while basically maintaining the same power, and the fuel consumption was directly cut in half.
They had never tinkered with engines in military service before for some other reasons, but this time they got one.
So these guys studied the L-3 diesel engine like bandits, and then made some modifications that made Lei Heyang confused.
Except for the large parts such as the cylinder block, piston, connecting rod and crankshaft, everything from the valve device to the high-pressure oil pump nozzle was replaced.
After tinkering with it, the result appeared that left Lei Heyang stunned.
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