MAN V8 diesel engine assembly video.

[Wayne M.]

http://youtu. be/ch5MDgfUqWU



I stumbled onto this clip while browsing YouTube. Interesting observations;



1, Engine is assembled dry.

2, Engine assembled by hand mostly by a team of 2 men and without power tools



Feel free to copy my observations and add your own!

 

[Grizzly]

Link won't open.



george

 

[Dl5treez]

Pretty neat. Thanks for posting!

 

[Gonzo 1066]

I would assume that particular engine is a display unit assembled just for the photo shoot.

 

[Bill Stockard]

I would assume that particular engine is a display unit assembled just for the photo shoot.

Yep, my thoughts too. With that method, they wouldn't make any production volume, and if they had enough assemblers for any kind of volume, the price of the engine would be uncompetitive and I doubt it the quality would be consistent.

Bill

 

[Grizzly]

Now I've got it. Very interesting. How many hours to complete the assembly?

 

[JR]

Some of the top European luxury/sport cars in the world are still hand assembled from start to finish. Sure they use equipment for the heavy lifting but the cars are not built in an assembly line like most vehicles built today.

 

[Wayne M.]

Some of the top European luxury/sport cars in the world are still hand assembled from start to finish. Sure they use equipment for the heavy lifting but the cars are not built in an assembly line like most vehicles built today.

This is true. I believe Aston Martin engines are signed by the assembler.

After I saw this video, I saw a "How it's made" video and they were assembling the VW TDI V6. A lot of the machining and assembly was automated, but sinking the pistons were done by hand.

I thought about what Gonzo said, and since this engine was done dry, he might be right. The VW video showed everything being lubed.

 

[JR]

I like the Pagani's, probably one of the best of the best so to speak in the super car world. IIRC, they use a Mercedes power train but have been working on their own engine platform for some time now. At one time I read where they had somewhere around 60 people working in the shop building cars. Thats pretty small in the realm of things. A little ol plain jane 2 story brick building in the center of a little Italian town, building 1 million dollar + supercars. That's pretty sweet.



http://www.pagani.com/#



Wayne you may be right about some of the Aston Martin engines, but like Pagani they use the AGM engines developed by Mercedes in some of their cars as well.







Heres a neat little video inside the shop at Pagani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6L-j6s9OPU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Dl5treez]

That MAN TGX V8 puts out 680hp and 3,000nM of torque. About 2,200ft/lbs FYI.

16. 2 liter. I'm waiting for the "real diesels ain't V8" crowd any minute now...

Scania makes one heck of a V8 too.

 

[Wayne M.]

I like the Pagani's, probably one of the best of the best so to speak in the super car world. IIRC, they use a Mercedes power train but have been working on their own engine platform for some time now. At one time I read where they had somewhere around 60 people working in the shop building cars. Thats pretty small in the realm of things. A little ol plain jane 2 story brick building in the center of a little Italian town, building 1 million dollar + supercars. That's pretty sweet.

http://www.pagani.com/#

Wayne you may be right about some of the Aston Martin engines, but like Pagani they use the AGM engines developed by Mercedes in some of their cars as well.



Heres a neat little video inside the shop at Pagani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6L-j6s9OPU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

D4L, that's a nice car, didn't know much about it. In my mind, I was thinking of the older Astons back when they were really limey- and good looking! I know those valve covers are signed.

DL5, A diesel can be a VEE config, but the bore to stroke ratio must be right, or it won't have the grunt of an inline. The TGX? I don't know. I'd like to see a dyno sheet.

 

[Dl5treez]

Rated RPM 1900

Peak Torque is essentially flat from 1100-1400



http://www.mantruckandbus.com/man/media/migrated/doc/mn_group_2/TGX_V8__en_.pdf

 

[Wayne M.]

I cant find any hard specs on this engine.

 

[Dl5treez]

I cant find any hard specs on this engine.

Then you're not looking that hard. lol j/k

The engine model of the "big one" is the MAN D2868. Comes in a variety of power ratings.

http://www.man-engines.com/man/media/migrated/doc/mn_muk_1/D2868_truck_engine_EN.pdf

There are a few others in the V8 lineup as well.

 

[JR]

Is that a cell phone with a cord?? :-laf:-laf

They certainly do things differently across the pond. Are there any companies still making cab over tractors in the states?

 

[Dl5treez]

Is that a cell phone with a cord?? :-laf:-laf
They certainly do things differently across the pond. Are there any companies still making cab over tractors in the states?

Nobody is currently building a class 8 heavy duty cabover for the US market. Lots of class 4-7 ones though.

The roads, urban layouts; and laws require the cabover design in most of the world.

 

[rbattelle]

Didn't Diesel Progress say they think the cabover may make a comeback in the US in the next few years?

-Ryan