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gone-ot · 01-18-2013, 11:14 AM

...do some research on the Continental AVCR-1360 "Variable-Compression-Ratio" diesel engine that GM used in their XM1 Tank prototype, the experimental tank that lost out to the Chrysler/General Dynamics "Turbine" XM1-B during the Jimmy Carter presidential years.

...brief SAE info on the AVCR-1360: http://papers.sae.org/760051/

01-18-2013, 11:14 AM	#18 (permalink)
gone-ot ...beats walking... Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,190 Thanks: 179 Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts	...do some research on the Continental AVCR-1360 "Variable-Compression-Ratio" diesel engine that GM used in their XM1 Tank prototype, the experimental tank that lost out to the Chrysler/General Dynamics "Turbine" XM1-B during the Jimmy Carter presidential years. ...brief SAE info on the AVCR-1360: http://papers.sae.org/760051/ Last edited by gone-ot; 01-18-2013 at 11:31 AM..