Gasoline Pushers
Like many RVers with Ford V-10 engines, I'm not happy with the noise level in the cockpit. I am not an automotive engineer so what are the reasons why we don't see gasoline pushers? Seems like this wo...
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Matt_Colie wrote:
As a refugee from Detroit, I will answer this succinctly.
The reasons are much simpler than most would like to believe. It is call The Market Place.
Most DP are built on chassis that are designed and marketed to bus builders and operators. (This is why the door is where it is.)
They want diesel.
Two reasons: Horsepower and Longevity.
To do the engineering and testing for an engine that has a limited market will cost the manufacturer too much to recover. And, now with no large truck V-8s in production, it makes even less sense.
Matt
PSI is producing a 525HP V8 capable of 1000 ft.lbs. of torque and is soon to be introduced in the Workhorse W18 and w22 chassis this year.
It will be interesting to see if they reintroduce the UFO rear engine gasser in the future.
