Perkins Wolf Engine Perkins Wolf. Designer CW Chapman. The first high-speed diesel engine. The Wolf with its patented Perkins Aeroflow combustion system could run at 3,000rpm and was available for light truck and passenger car conversions from 1933. The success of Perkins Engines was founded upon this engine.

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Perkins Heritage Centre, Perkins Engines, Frank Perkins Way, Peterborough
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by Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 28 April 2009

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