About 25 years ago I was chairman of a municipal utility We had two OP 8 1/8" engines that we were getting rebuilt so we took a tour of the Fairbanks Morse facility in Beloit. Our engines had 8 1/8" bores and 10" strokes if memory serves me. The 24 pistons came together in the middle of each cylinder where the fuel was injected.

Ours were old enough that they had parallel turbo and superchargers with a switchover circuit. We had them converted to series operation.

After financial discussions at F&M they took us on an executive tour of their manufacturing facility. The most impressive engine was the v20 pielstick. They had a precision 200 foot long 30' high milling machine to finish the blocks. The mains in the cranks were as big around as you could reach.

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85 Merc 300D - Unwinding 31 years of wear
86 VW TD
Mahindra Diesel
Iseki Diesel

In 2007 I didn't own a diesel.

I should probably learn how to properly post U tube videos but its worth the extra click. starting engine pielstick on test load machine - YouTube Thats the first Pielstick I've ever seen.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

How about this one?

Just a small thing, fits in the armrest.