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UpdateWe realised that 350 hpwas needed to achievegood driveability. thatmeant approximately100 hp more than ourother engines”Bengt Gadefelt, the man behind Scania’s V81969 1976 1991All-new, compact14-litre V8producing arecord 350 hp and1,245 Nm in turbochargedform, withindividual cylinderheads.“Low-rev philosophy”launched witha green band onthe rev counter forthe 375 hp 14-litreV8 engine, whichfeatured torquepeaks at lower revsto promote fueleconomy.Scania LBS141 6x2with 375 hp 14-litreV8-engine, refrigeratedbody andtrailer.500 hp V8,with EDC andmechanicallyinjected 450hp. First seriesproductiontruckengine with turbocompounding(11-litre 400 hp).Scania first tomarket with Euro 1.Scania T143 4x2500 Topline withbulk-semitrailer.The new Scania V8 engine was introduced inthe summer of 1969. At that time the enginewas the most powerful truck diesel engine inEurope.mechanically governed 450 hp engine anda 500 hp EDC engine, the first to break the500 hp barrier.Concurrently, the development of the new4-series product range entered its mostintensive stage. It was launched in late 1995,powered by revised V8 engines rated at 460and 530 hp and a new 12-litre inline six.In the new millennium the original V8 legendwas gradually replaced by the substantiallymore powerful 16-litre V8, which had powerratings of 480 and 580 hp at 1 900 r/min andup to 2 700 Nm of torque – more than doublethe fi gure of the original V8 in 1969.In all, Scania manufactured more than170 000 14-litre V8-engines, making it byfar the best-selling engine in thehigh-output segment.Looking back, the fi rst Scania 14-litre V8engine had power and torque ratings of 350hp and 1 245 Nm. The fi nal version beforereplacement produced 530 hp and 2 300Nm for trucks and up to 800 hp for marineapplications. Torque of the 14-litre V8 has thusbeen boosted by 85 percent in just 32 years.The new R-series was introduced in2004, replacing the 4-series. In 2005 Scanialaunched its new range of Euro 4 and Euro 5engines, including V8 engines with outputs of500, 560 and 620 hp and up to 3 000 Nm of SCANIA REVOLUTIONS • N o 3/2009 www.scania.com