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Article: New 1100 series diesels lead Perkins to Tier 3: 1.1 L/cyl platform to be introduced; global platform with versions from A to E.(industrial engines)
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- Diesel Progress North American Edition
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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As the next step in creating a worldwide platform for its 1.1 L/cyl 1100 series of diesel engines, Perkins Engines will launch two new Tier 3/Stage 3a compliant engines at this month's Bauma exhibition in Germany. New from Perkins will be "D" versions of its four-cylinder and six-cylinder 1100 series diesels.
Over the years, from the onset of diesel emissions regulations through to today, what is now called the 1100 series is in many ways a microcosm of diesel engine development in today's regulated environment.
Originally Perkins' venerable 4.236 diesel, the engine family was upgraded as Tier 1 approached and renamed the 1000 series, with the ...