>| So don't think those aren't the same engines, I'll postulate they are the >| -exact- same engines, though truly not road certified (who cares?), just >| getting one for a purpose which they are not marketing toward may be >| challenging and require some work due to corporate reluctance to expose >| themselves unnecessarily to lawsuits. They are slightly different - industrial diesel are designed to run at a constant rpm (a very small range). As far as I understand, the pistons are different and the ECU has different mappings. Now if asked for sources for this info, I have to admit, I do not remember... dave |
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