As you can guess from the title, in this articleit will be a very interesting car, designed and constructed in the period of the Soviet Union. Why is this car considered a legend? Let's try to figure it out together.
First, you need to plunge into the history pages containing basic information about the ZIL-130 model. Manufacture of 130th dump trucks belongs toMytishchi machine-building plant, located in the Moscow region. The first car came off the assembly line of the Likhachev plant back in 1962. It was the dawn of the production of medium-duty trucks ZIL-130. Diesel, gasoline, gas already at that time were widely used as fuel. In addition, the production of this model of machines was oriented to various operating conditions.
The main purpose of ZIL vehicles is the transportation of medium-tonnage cargo during construction, repair and road works and other works.
From history it can be seen that the ZIL car was produced infor many years and was supplied to various regions and countries. How can this be explained? First of all, the main advantages that allowed to occupy at that time the leading positions in the market are increased reliability, strength of the main mechanisms and fault tolerance of the ZIL-130 (diesel) model. The dump truck had such characteristics that at that time were considered advanced and served as a reference point for foreign competitors.
Considering this brand of trucks,It is impossible to ignore the functional features and characteristics of ZIL-130. Diesel, gasoline and gas, as already mentioned above, could be used as fuel for engine operation. However, there were units that could work in combination both on gasoline and on compressed natural gas.
Most modifications of the ZIL-130 wereequipped with an 8-cylinder engine with liquid cooling. The design of the cylinders was V-shaped, due to which significantly increased engine power (up to 150 hp) and the carrying capacity of the car itself.
However, in some cases this capacity wasexcessive, so from the mid 70-ies to improve the economy in the production of steel is widely used petrol 6-cylinder engines, the power of which reached a mark of 110 liters. from.
Of particular interest are the engines of exportmodels ZIL-130. Diesel in Soviet times was rarely used, while foreign countries were focused mainly on the use of diesel fuel for trucks. Therefore, the export versions could be equipped with three types of motors: Perkins 6.345 (8-cylinder, 140 hp), Valmet 411BS (4-cylinder, 125 hp) and Leyland 0.400 (6-cylinder, 135 hp. ).
All the complete sets were rear-wheel drive.To manage this car used a 5-speed manual transmission. ZIL-130 (diesel), like other modifications, was equipped with a single-wire 12-volt electrical system consisting of a 90 Ah battery and an alternator. The car is equipped with a pneumatic drum brake system installed on all wheels.
