No, those military vehicles use the very same engines they used before switching to JP-8. JP-8 wasn’t even introduced until 1978 and most of the engines are older than that.
They did not introduce an entire new series of engines just to handle the switch.
Jet fuel has far better lubrication properties than gasoline. If it was unsuitable then gasoline vehicles would have the same problems even worse. They do not.
They did not introduce an entire new series of engines just to handle the switch.
Jet fuel has far better lubrication properties than gasoline. If it was unsuitable then gasoline vehicles would have the same problems even worse. They do not.