Scania diesels are cool!!!!!

[Steve Mutter]

check this out!

http://www3.scania.com/en/V8/Global/Celebration/

http://www3.scania.com/en/V8/Global/Download/

download the screen saver or go to the v8 in 3D,the way this v8 is made is realy cool

[Aaron]

Ok who else ran the thing on the limiter on the 3D view, trying to blow it up?

 

 

Thats cool as hell!

[LARRY BRUDZYNSKI]

Individual Cyl Heads, looks very similar to a Volvo diesel. IIRC Scania and Volvo work together.

[jimmy57]

Volvo and Renault/Mack are the buddies, Volvo AB and Saab-Scania AB are not friendly as a result of failed offers of purchase over the years.

 

Scania trucks are highly regarded in ,ost of the world but never had any successful efforts over here in North America. I guess they are like MAN, DAF, and Mercedes. The Euro trucks that sell over here are Americanized versions.

[Bruce Amacker]

I have a buddy in England who worked at a Scania dealer the last time I visited him. The trucks were cool, quite advanced for their time, and very simple to work on. This is a cabover tractor, 6 cylinder with individual heads. My buddy liked working on them, but has since changed jobs to Cat (ugh!):

 

 

 

The thing that most impressed me about trucks in England is that they are using EBS- Electronic Braking Systems, which is a brake-by-wire system with an air override in case of emergency, and this was almost 5 years ago that I shot these....

 

There are 5 air and electric cables from the tractor to the trailer!

 

 

The other freaky thing is that there are virtually no conventionals in Europe, all cabovers, due to tight roads designed in medieval times and congested freeways. Check this out: The forward rear drive (we'd call it in the States) is not a drive axle, but an I-beam with tie rods, just like the front steer axle. It only has one drive axle (the rear one) and the forward rear axle is a load bearing device only, with steering hooked to the steering box with a 10 foot long drag link! It's visible in the engine shot above and running over the fuel tank here:

 

 

 

[LARRY BRUDZYNSKI]

Looks like rear gear train. Are these quieter than most C/O's?

 

That looks like a tag axle. Can it lift like a tag axle can? Or is it just for steering assist?

[Bruce Amacker]

Dunno, dunno, and dunno. How's that for a clear answer?

 

 

[joshbuys]

Individual cylinder heads......BRILLIANT!!!!

[DwayneGorniak]

Niiiicccce! I like it! The Individual cylinder heads are definitely cool. Damn nice lookin engine. And yes, I too tried to rev the piss out of it hoping too here a little more.