6 V-20 Engines You May Not Know About

EMD builds some nice sounding engines, i like how the turbo whistles soflty when locomotives passes by

There is something about the sound of a big diesel that makes me sleepy, in a nice way.

Grew up in Wisconsin in the 90s, the railroad in town had over 100 of the V20-645s for power. Was an awesome sound to hear when three or four engines throttled up together, the bass throb of the engines going in and out of sync was a bit of a trademark of the SD45, F45, and FP45........

Visioracer, the v20 cat engine you mention will drive the wheels directly through a transmission on most caterpillar equipment. Plus it does make some sense as your reduction ratios can be absolutely insane. You can drive a planetary reduction to drive a planetary reduction, plus with extra reduction in the gears in the trans, and the diff itself has a massive reduction, its not unusual to see a 55-78:1 final drive ratio through all of that reduction. Takes 78x the rpm but the final drive emits 78x the torque. Cat can run any engine on those units right down to a 14L engine with enough reduction

That monster 2-stroke Detroit sure makes a sound I could get used to. What a machine. And that's the thing, piston engines produce types of frequences of sound that mimic music. And I think that's why we get the sense a machine is alive when it's running and doing its thing. I love engines.

perfect engines for a honda

Absolutely love the C175 and EMD setups. Favorite big diesel motors

I hate that these engines never rotate fast enough for me to be able to tell what they sound like

I love it when Visio makes diesel vids...theyre as efficient as internal combustion gets

Thank you visioracer. I have been struggling for a long time to find a video of the wartsila 20v34 running. I have always wondered what a behemoth gas burner would sound like. And now you have put an end to the struggle. Many thanks.

I love your accent! Keep up the good work! Your videos are full of good information!

Will it fit in my Honda?

That's pretty slick. I've always enjoyed the noise locomotives make. Now i know why. Haha

WILL THESE HONDA JOKES FIT SOMEWHERE ELSE?

We just finished rebuilding a MTU 20v4000 at my work

Fun fact I'm an electrician and I helped put in about 6 of those caterpillar gen sets. The engine itself costs 700 grand. After all the equipment and the building it goes in, probably a bit over a million USD

Worked on a dredge that used a EMD 645 20cyl to drive the pump. You could tell how hard it was working from a distance by the sound.

Really good video and thank you for your time sending it

Plus also Ruston 20RK270, as used in high speed ferries. Pretty awesome standing at the stern of one of those watching the twin plumes of spray

I like the sound of that V20 Cat powered quarry truck going through the gears.😉