Thanks to all you DP Pushers!!
All, Just wanted to pass on a thanks to all of you pro-diesel posters. I have spent months reading everything I could on the pros and cons of a gasser versus a DP. I finally decided to spend a bi...
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Congratulations on your new rig, may it be a joy for many years to come.
The other thing you are going to love has to do with altitude. Being turbocharged, you will have the same power available at 11,000 feet crossing the Rockies that you do at sea level, none of this gasping for breath stuff due to the thin air.
(At that altitude, normally aspirated engines are down about 20% in power -- and that 20% is off the top, it takes the same amount of power to run the alternator and all the other losses before it gets to the wheels.)
The other thing you are going to love has to do with altitude. Being turbocharged, you will have the same power available at 11,000 feet crossing the Rockies that you do at sea level, none of this gasping for breath stuff due to the thin air.
(At that altitude, normally aspirated engines are down about 20% in power -- and that 20% is off the top, it takes the same amount of power to run the alternator and all the other losses before it gets to the wheels.)
