How different were the Diesel prime movers from U.S. designs?
Very. The Maybach MD870 ran and idled faster, had twin turbochargers, overhead camshafts, roller bearing crankshafts, six valves per cylinder, and was much smaller physically. You can think of the small-displacement European car engines of the 1960’s as compared with big-block U.S. V-8’s of the same era.
