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JP, there is a sensor located in the head. It is actually a glow plug and pressure sensor combination. The digital display will offer different screens that display a multitude of information. We will make analog gage connections optional as well.

I am getting a great deal of interest from several forums, especially since we put up this last video.

No. The cylinder pressures will be programed to maintain a certain operating proximity to one another and if one becomes outside the range an alarm will notify the operator. If a fuel injector began dumping too much fuel the cylinder pressure would immediately increase out of the operating range and...

Have you ever performed a compression check on an engine to determine the condition of the cylinders? What is going on with the DCP is just that in real time but we are going to offer a new wrinkle. The ECU will control the engine by reading the DCP of each cylinder and balancing the load. This mean...

EGT can't tell you that the valves aren't seating properly or that you have a broken ring or a number of other things that DCP can tell you. The cylinder pressure tells you what the cylinder heat is. The higher the pressure the greater the heat.

Absolutely. It also tells you the condition of the cylinder. Any problem that effects cylinder pressure can be detected. Rings, injector, valves, head gasket, etc.

What if you could read the dynamic cylinder pressures on each cylinder.

If you guys could have any three engine functions displayed, what would they be?

Thanks for the encouragement Kevin. I see where people spent 30 million dollars in three days to watch a jackass act gay, you would think people would be interested in creating good manufacturing jobs.

Believe me this engine won't be offered to the market until it is completely tested. Try this, running any engine you can find at 750 rpm with the sea cock closed and see how long it will run before over heating. This engine ran of over an hour just to get the coolant temperature to 200 degrees. I h...

Carl, the next step is certainly putting about 30 engines in boats for additional testing. The six cylinder engine has a paper design for 1000 HP. The production engine will be under 700 hp. Lets take a look at a little engine design 101. Heat is both our enemy and our friend. Heat in the cylinder m...

Charlie, the only thing standing between this engine and great success is that little thing called money. Why don't you find me about 50 million and we will build a great company who's first and only priority is the boater and not their larger market business. A company where a human being actually ...

Harv, I think the 4 will fit. The dimensions are on the web site under specifications. Check it out. www.buckdiesel.com

I'll answer Charlie first. You must be still swigging those martinis, Charlie. The six cylinder production engine will be 9.5 liters and weigh under 1700 pounds. Find the lightest 9.5 you can and see what it weighs. I don't think I have ever seen an engine last forever or outlast the boat. They all ...

New video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnFOy5qtITc

I think we should be competitive with ones like Cummins or Cat on a dollars per HP basis. When repairs are necessary our engine could cost half of what others would be.

Your right, it wouldn't work well for repowers. But for new boats that were designed for it, I think it would be great. The additional room both inboard and outboard of the engines would be welcomed. Due to the 45 degree throw spacing, I think it would also run smooth as silk.

Engine HP is related to a number of things but when diesel fuel delivery is increased the cylinder burns hotter and heat is power. As you turn up the fuel it becomes an issue of whether or not the design can stand the power. Turning the fuel down has the opposite effect. With the new CR engine the f...

Yes we are planning a 5 cylinder in the future. What would you guys think about an in-line 8 for larger boats. Narrow footprint and easy to get arround. Drifter, the emmision issues are there for everyone to deal with but meeting them should actually be easier for us due to our fuel system and cooli...

Yes, they are all 4 stroke. We will offer very good isolation mounts and the new CR fuel system with pilot injection will also help the 4. Liquid filled dampeners are standard as well.

Exact weight and HP are not available yet but we think we will be able to make 100hp per cylinder with no problem. The weight for the 3,4,and 6 should come in around 950, 1150 and 1550. At 78CI per cylinder the HP per CI is much less than Yanmar. Engine life has a great deal to do with design geomet...

I saw a question about the injection pump. It's a Bosch HP CR pump. As for the bottom end of these engines. All the bearing are larger than the C Cummins. This means that the journals are bigger.

My name is Mike Buck and I will be happy to answer your questions on the new Buck Diesel engine.