The John Deere Power-Tech PSX 6135HFC95 is an inline six-cylinder 13.5L (824ci) diesel engine capable of generating 617 horsepower at 1,900 rpm and a torque of 1,962 ft-lbs at 1,600 rpm. With a 5.20×6.50” bore and stroke, single overhead camshaft, valve train with four valves per cylinder, a compression ratio of 15:3:1, a sequential fixed and variable-geometry turbochargers induction system, electronic unit injection at 33,000 psi and air to air inter cooler, this engine is in the forefront of diesel technology. The engine requires an oil change every five hundred hours. The head material is cast gray iron alloy while the block material is cast gray iron. The crankshaft material as well as the camshaft is forged steel. The engine is just over five feet in length and a tad more than three feet in width. It is five feet high and weighs 3,699 pounds or 1,678 kilograms. The engine has a cooled exhaust gas re circulation system, diesel particulate filter and oxidation catalyst as its emission system. It complies with the emission norms of EPA Interim Tier 4, CARB and EU Stage III B.
What stands out in the engine is the low-pressure fixed turbo and a high-pressure variable-geometry turbo working in sequence, the one-piece cast design using a heavy-duty, gray iron alloy material, the high-carbon steel camshaft with induction-hardened lobes to reduce noise and to increase life and the full-floating steel pistons with crankshaft of high carbon forged steel that can resist extreme heat and offer precise alignment. The attention to detail makes this engine a wonder.
Modern emission standards have been getting stricter by the day. Power or high performance is thus an expensive or an elusive attribute. The Power-Tech PSX 6135 smartly uses a cooled exhaust gas re circulation, a powerful injection system, a substantially large diesel particular filter and a diesel oxidation catalyst to adhere to the emission standards. The 13.5L Power-Tech PSX 6135HFC95 is a victory of industrial design and engine architecture. It is needless to say that the engine has already found numerous takers in the world of fire pumps and oilfield drills.