Bugsmasherdriverandjediknite
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Throttlemonkey, a 6v53 is a small V6 two stroke deisel engine produced by general Motors co and sold under the name of Detoit. it was mostly used as a small truck engine and a marine engine for use in small to medium sized work boats. they were (from memory) about 180 HP. they were a pretty inefficiant, noisy, dirty, smelly little bugga that had the nickname of birdscarers due to all the racket they produced. Highly unlikely they would be used for aviation as they weighed in at about 700kg for the basic motor without accesories and were far too unreliable and had a very low run without major repairs being required.they also produced a few veriants that were half decent engines, like the 6V71 and the 6V92. the 8V and 12V series were a much improved motor but still had the problems of fuel inefficientcy (is that a word?) and monster amounts of noise.