1973 kenworth

Cut the fuel all you want, it will continue to run until the air supply gets shut off.

 

On the two stroke Detroit that cable shuts the air off.

 

That's why you need a clip bored

 

My brother has a ‘74 W9 with a Cat 1693. He’s a farmer and hauls grain to market every year with it. Old 1693s pull good but are thirsty.

 

The college I went to had a V8 on a dyno stand run away on them. Everyone panicked except the teacher who threw the text book he was holding at the air intake. It sucked in the cover and something like 50 pages before it snuffed out. He would show the book every time he taught who to set the injector timing and fuel rack. "This is why you check it 3 times before start the thing up in case you f'ed up"

 

I had a collage once

 

Lol thanks for catching that fat thumbs struck again!!

 

yah,a non turbo 2 stroke detroit will have an air cut off on it. the later ones had a fuel rack that could return to idle even if one stuck. the older ones,one sticky injector would hold the whole thing open.

i drove a V8 Silver 92 powerd' 1981 359 Pete for a couple years around wisconsin/minnesota. interesting motor,sounded nice. fuel hungry. even at 450hp with advanced cams and bigger injectors my 11 liter 60 series will out pull it. it pulled hardest at 1400 rpm. we had a W900 style muffler on it. it was pretty quiet.

 

most of the people that tell you whats it's like or how to drive a 2 stroke Detroit never drove one on the road.