You cant always do that, we have a truck dyno in our shop that can produce a 90,000lb load and we use it for testing rebuilt engines and a transmission dyno, they dont give us hp and torque numbers. They're used to test the rebuild for load capability, reliability under load and such, not to give HP and Torque numbers.
@@Bill-sp8kb could be and it sounds powerful but this is a three cylinder, and it is older technology, designed to run on lower quality diesel fuel, hence compression is somewhat lower compared to today's diesels.....unless this particular Detroit Diesel 3-53 was modified for power in some way.
It is at 6000 that’s what so unique about those Two Strokers, I called them Screaming Iron. They were Bulletproof the only drawback was that no matter what exhaust you had on them they still were so loud after a While they would drive you crazy. I had a Few Ford LN9000 with The 6V92 and they ran like no other trucks but you could hear them a half mile away.
Only the 53 series rev out way higher than other than other truck engines. The reason they sound so fast is because the cylinders fire twice as often per revolution
Revs are not actually as high as they sound, detroits being a 2-stroke design you are hearing twice as many firing strokes in the same amount of time you would a 4-stroke thus the ungodly high revving sound.
Love it!!! Detroit power @ 159 cubic inches is still louder than a big block. Should have listed hp/tq #'s though... I'm guessing around 100/300 ??? Let me know.
I'd say 160HP is probably about as far as you'd wanna go without risking breaking things (180-200 with some precautions like trunk pistons tigher valve springs and a bigger turbo), people have been higher in the 200 range but stuff breaks and the lifespan is shortened... certainly if someone built a brand new billet block and went crazy with it, it would probably hold 200+ easily though in a 3 cylinder. I don't think anyone has ever bothered to reverse engineer a 53 series and build a billet block though... Also note that Achates power opposed piston engines are similar to this except it has no head on it at all, its like 2 Detroit diesel engines placed head to head one of them upside down and a big flywheel linking them together.... ua-cam.com/video/usmauFigpzk/v-deo.html
Get a VW diesel instead. Way better power to wieght ratio..or rebuild the excellent V-6 3.0 you've got, add a turbo, you'd have more power much cheaper and lighter than the Detroit 2- stroke..
3 cylinder, 159 cubic engines. Detroit model names are arranged number of cylinders, 'v' for v-configuration if it's not an inline, cubic inches per cylinder, 't' if it's a turbocharged engine. So this 3-53T is an inline 3 cylinder, 53 ci per cylinder turbo engine. Compare to, say, a 6V-71 which is a naturally aspirated (well, all 2-stroke Detroits have a blower, but they're just there because they can't suck air in like a 4-stroke or more traditional gas 2-stroke) V6 with 71 ci per cylinder (426 ci total displacement).
@micha1980de this is diesel may i remind you and it is reving about 3800rpm it says above.... it really sings though!! really nice sound how many hp is it putting out???
god i love two strokes the rev out way higher than any other diesel and its not because there two strokes that make them sound like that there actually reving that high
That’s the longest damn dyno session I’ve ever seen and ol slick over there with his head beside the motor has hooted to many diesel fumes or he is just looking to get knocked in the head by a piston rod at 4000 rpms
lawrence shafer , lobelville tenn,had a gamma goat 353 twin turbo in a one ton toyota pulling truck pulls equivalent to 450 horsepower, hes the go to guy for these little motors, sheer genius, givem a call, shafer diesel
Not smart to stand right next to a potential grenade when dynotesting...if a piston/ rod can blow out of cast iron crankcase, think what'd happen to your ribcage..Pow!- motors blown- you're dead...btw where are the dyno results ?!
As i read all these bench racing comments i dont see any of these know it all heros to be posting video responses with their proof to their actions. anyone can read a book calibration but anyone that knows how a Detroit Engine really works is probally laughing with me. And to the 3400rpm comment the engine will turn 3975 but the valve and injector springs begin to float. (Waiting To See Your Responses)
I love these engines I have a few. But if you are going to put an engine on a dyno then please post the HP and TQ.
You cant always do that, we have a truck dyno in our shop that can produce a 90,000lb load and we use it for testing rebuilt engines and a transmission dyno, they dont give us hp and torque numbers. They're used to test the rebuild for load capability, reliability under load and such, not to give HP and Torque numbers.
Rated at about 110 hp torque about 140
@@sandasturner9529 more like 250 HP , and 400 lb. ft.
@@Bill-sp8kb could be and it sounds powerful but this is a three cylinder, and it is older technology, designed to run on lower quality diesel fuel, hence compression is somewhat lower compared to today's diesels.....unless this particular Detroit Diesel 3-53 was modified for power in some way.
@@sandasturner9529 the huge turbo....................
That 2 stroke sounds like it’s at 6000rpm! That is awesome!
It is at 6000 that’s what so unique about those Two Strokers, I called them Screaming Iron. They were Bulletproof the only drawback was that no matter what exhaust you had on them they still were so loud after a While they would drive you crazy. I had a Few Ford LN9000 with The 6V92 and they ran like no other trucks but you could hear them a half mile away.
@@Diddley-js6lf Nope 3500 rpm at best the injectors cannot keep up after that
Have a 453T in my 75 Dodge W20 3/4 ton pu. Been driving it for years.
What do you see for fuel economy averages?
Only the 53 series rev out way higher than other than other truck engines. The reason they sound so fast is because the cylinders fire twice as often per revolution
LOVE IT. It's music to my ears.
if people only knew how hot and smokey that little ass room must have been. nice engine Jeff hope to see it in the power wagon soon
ok it's been two years, how much power does this SOB make?!?!?
ahmen for thatyou said it right i love old detroits you can hear them coming a few blocks away.
I want a new GMC with a Detroit like this , great video
Revs are not actually as high as they sound, detroits being a 2-stroke design you are hearing twice as many firing strokes in the same amount of time you would a 4-stroke thus the ungodly high revving sound.
Ungodly? That's what makes it beautiful
we've got a non turbo 353 at work pulling a small coal train, they do rev high and u can get away with amazingly low revs.
This engine sounds tight, good job !
@TheHuskyGT yep, 3cyl inline, and the '53' is referring to cyl capacity, so a 3cyl with 3x53 c.i. capacity.
The 8V-53 and 12V-71 also sound sweet.
I would never stand that close to an unshielded engine running that hard... anyway, it sounds badass
Piston or con rod to the ribs😱
@@hitop2365 Exactly! If you get hit with debris from a portholed engine running full bore, it can go right through you.
Oh man makes miss the 2 353T Detroit Staionary motors we had pulling Fans on The A.C.D.'s (bunner machines ) we used for land clearing
my aluminum 353 natural puts out 118 hp with m65's in it.
Bill42MB - stock is 100hp with n50 - do you get extra smoke with those injectors?
Love it!!! Detroit power @ 159 cubic inches is still louder than a big block. Should have listed hp/tq #'s though... I'm guessing around 100/300 ??? Let me know.
A factory 353T was rated at 140Hp/315ft-lb
Chase Rayfield can u put more fuel to these and a little more boost to make more power ?
I'd say 160HP is probably about as far as you'd wanna go without risking breaking things (180-200 with some precautions like trunk pistons tigher valve springs and a bigger turbo), people have been higher in the 200 range but stuff breaks and the lifespan is shortened... certainly if someone built a brand new billet block and went crazy with it, it would probably hold 200+ easily though in a 3 cylinder. I don't think anyone has ever bothered to reverse engineer a 53 series and build a billet block though... Also note that Achates power opposed piston engines are similar to this except it has no head on it at all, its like 2 Detroit diesel engines placed head to head one of them upside down and a big flywheel linking them together.... ua-cam.com/video/usmauFigpzk/v-deo.html
there are a few on here who have put these engines into ford F350's and they sound just like this crusein down the highway, neat for a show rig :)
Ah damn that thing sounds so gooood! Thanks for posting.
Currently building a rat rod with a 353 Detroit that will pull a jet boat that matches
@brookes0508 or you can look at it like the 4 stroke is reving twice as high as it sounds :)
Music to my ears💯
I was thinking about putting my 3-53 on a trailer and make it into a Margarita blender.
4 years later....maybe I'll get started next week.
God damm,...how high those things rev,....sweet derv.
@68Amxguy I have a 1978 Dodge Crew Cab on a 2 ton dually frame with a 4-53 waiting to be rebuilt.
My ears are telling me 2800-3000 RPM at the top end.
@68Amxguy Jeez, we're not asking for specs or speed secrets. Whats so confidential about its output?
2800rpm factory for full rated power. fast idle 2950rpm.
Damn! looka that jimmy SCREAM!!!
Whatever it made don’t see an intercooler so still more to come.
Why make make this if you're not gonna post any numbers???????
I used to call them Screaming Iron.
lol breaking in the cam..
@brookes0508 that's why i love two strokes!!
I swear you can’t blow up those old Detroit Motors
@mpwelk speaking about a air raid siren, check out the video of a evenrude V8 2 stroke in a sand rail dyno. amazing
wonder if one would fit in my 1990 toyota 4x4 after my 3.0v6 dies?
Yes!!
Get a VW diesel instead. Way better power to wieght ratio..or rebuild the excellent V-6 3.0 you've got, add a turbo, you'd have more power much cheaper and lighter than the Detroit 2- stroke..
do a search for "go gamma goat go" for a aluminum military spec version of this engine
What a sound!
what were the final numbers? was this a 2valve head or a 4valve head?
Be a 4 valve head I would say.
Is this a three cylinder engine? It sounds like. Sorry, I´m learning about detroits, since I love these engines.
TheHuskyGT lil 3 cylinder damn good engines!
3 cylinder, 159 cubic engines. Detroit model names are arranged number of cylinders, 'v' for v-configuration if it's not an inline, cubic inches per cylinder, 't' if it's a turbocharged engine. So this 3-53T is an inline 3 cylinder, 53 ci per cylinder turbo engine. Compare to, say, a 6V-71 which is a naturally aspirated (well, all 2-stroke Detroits have a blower, but they're just there because they can't suck air in like a 4-stroke or more traditional gas 2-stroke) V6 with 71 ci per cylinder (426 ci total displacement).
can these be made RH rotation and LH rotation interchangable like say a 6-71?
Where can I find a late model 353 T Detroit motor. Setup like this one?? & how much power is it ???? 👨🌾
my ears are just young enough to here the turbo pick up at the 1 min mark, my friends and father canoot here the turbo at all.
why not, are the numbers that low?
I wonder why they call them screaming jimmies?
@micha1980de this is diesel may i remind you and it is reving about 3800rpm it says above.... it really sings though!!
really nice sound how many hp is it putting out???
I don't think I would be standing to the side of that thing whilst it spins that fast :)
O yea baby got lungs !
god i love two strokes the rev out way higher than any other diesel and its not because there two strokes that make them sound like that there actually reving that high
what is the normal range of loss % hp at the chassis dyno? let's say 505 HP Detroit DD15 automatic transmision
What turbo are you using?
Sure was a long pull
Giant turbo!!!
That’s the longest damn dyno session I’ve ever seen and ol slick over there with his head beside the motor has hooted to many diesel fumes or he is just looking to get knocked in the head by a piston rod at 4000 rpms
damn i miss that sound.
how much torque did it make??
why not?
Bought one for 500 bucks. Making a rat rod and going with it. I’m going twin turbo and full rebuild. What can these hold
lawrence shafer , lobelville tenn,had a gamma goat 353 twin turbo in a one ton toyota pulling truck pulls equivalent to 450 horsepower, hes the go to guy for these little motors, sheer genius, givem a call, shafer diesel
i could hear it too!!!
put on dyno but dont show de hp? ;-;
just a little less than an lawnmowre- they sound like they are reving high because they are 2 stroke engines.
No point in the video if not letting you know the results
Quantos hp? ?
Not smart to stand right next to a potential grenade when dynotesting...if a piston/ rod can blow out of cast iron crankcase, think what'd happen to your ribcage..Pow!- motors blown- you're dead...btw where are the dyno results ?!
isnt it a 5.2L or something like that
2.6 liters
No i bet more
As i read all these bench racing comments i dont see any of these know it all heros to be posting video responses with their proof to their actions. anyone can read a book calibration but anyone that knows how a Detroit Engine really works is probally laughing with me. And to the 3400rpm comment the engine will turn 3975 but the valve and injector springs begin to float. (Waiting To See Your Responses)
@mpwelk they use to use these motors to power the air raid sirens, well 8v71's but they sound pretty good on full song too.