Anyone know MAN motors?

[BCFAST]

My brother-in-law just bought a fishing boat with MAN diesels in it. They are 800hp V-8s... I know that MAN builds heavy trucks and motors, and is a large German company but thats all I know... can anyone give me some details? Thanks.

 

[The patriot]

I've heard of them. Theyre big in large... . ah... . VERY LARGE diesel main propulsion power for ships etc. Your bro in laws engine is probibally the smallest they make. :-laf

If you look in Maritime Reporter you'll see a lot of their ads.

Eric



PS you can get M P for free, however I let my subscription lapse, so I have no contact info for you. Sorry.

 

[FFutch]

a little....

I was in a Pershing nuke unit in Germany and we had M. A. N. trucks for missle pullers and wreckers. I got to run one of the wreckers. They had V-10s in them and ran pretty good. I worked on them some but was mainly light maintenence,so I can't tell you a whole lot about how they work. Besides that was 15 yrs. ago and I drank a whole lot of German beer while I was over there . I think M. A. N. stands for Machinfabrique-Augsberg-Nurenberg. Sorry I guess I wasn't much help. Doug

 

[BLACKRAM]

Hey south Florida! I lived in Boca for 18 years.



I have extensive marine diesel experience, although have never owned MAN diesels myself. They are generally lighter weight and more maintenance than CAT or Detroit DDEC's. Somehow, I think MAN may be a division of Mercedes-Benz. A friend had a 60 ft Hatteras with MAN's but trades out every year, so it is hard to say what the long term performance would be. At least he will go fast while they last.

 

[RKleis]

Hi BCFAST.

What kind of info do you need?

I frequently deal with their stationary powerplant dept,

they're really good guys.

Anything I can get you, let me know.

rob