6V92 Red Block

[Curt Sprenger]

I believe 1988 for the first DDEC. Our 1987 8V92 is the Mechanical version...the best one....IMO.
Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Wayne Kotila <"waynekotila@yahoo.com"> wrote:

 

I had a 1985 6v92 and it was totally mechanical, I think the first generation of DDEC started in the late 80s.

 

Wayne Kotila

96PT42

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From: Michael <"mike.putz@cox.net">
To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"

Sent: Thu, March 25, 2010 11:54:50 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: 6V92 Red Block

 

Ok.. "red block" vs "silver block" 6V92's.  The red block is the older version of 6v92's.  The silver version came out to fix some issues the red version had.  The big one that I'm aware of was cooling jackets inside the engine.  The older versions of the 6v92 were MUCH easier to get more power from.  You can easily change out a few mechanical items and boost HP from stock 188 to 350. 

 

However, if you have an engine around '80-81 and newer you'll have the DDEC system and these are much more difficult to deal with.  The issue with these is that you'll have trouble finding someone to reprogram the DDEC.  When I tried here locally (Phx) no one would do it for fear of Governmental Environmental Agencies.  Apparently they de-tuned them for less pollution as the 2-strokes are really bad. 

 

People will argue that increasing the HP from 188 to 350 will drastically decrease engine life.  Well I'm sure it will reduce the life but we're only putting "casual" miles on these commercial units so you'll get many years from it even when boosting up the HP.  I have ridden in an RTS City bus that was converted and bumped from 188 to 350.  Even with its 3sp auto transmission it was like night & day!

 

Michael

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