The Detroit Diesel Series 71 is a family of two-stroke diesel engines built in inline and V layouts, designed by General Motors and made principally by its Detroit Diesel division. The 71 in the name is the nominal displacement of each cylinder in cubic inches. The inline six was the first flagship product of the Detroit Diesel Engine Division in 1938, the V layouts followed in 1957, and sales ended in 1995. Wartime demand was heavy: tens of thousands of 6-71 engines drove American landing craft and tanks. Afterwards the family powered transit buses, trucks, fire apparatus, boats and industrial machinery, and the 6V-71 earned the nickname Screaming Jimmy for its high-pitched sound.
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1938–1995 Detroit Diesel Series 71
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History
The inline six-cylinder 71 series engine was introduced as the initial flagship product of the Detroit Diesel Engine Division of General Motors in 1938.
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available in both inline and V engine configurations
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is a two-stroke diesel engine family
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Inline engines were produced with 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 cylinders, and V engines with 6, 8, 12, 16 or 24 cylinders.
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