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marcsbigfoot20b
Aug 02, 2014Explorer
Car has average 9.5 to 1 compression ratio.
Diesels more like 17 to 1 and there is not throttle plate.
I have driven my friends F250 7.3 PSD with a manual 5 speed and if you got it up to 2500 rpms in 1st 2nd or 3rd and let off the gas pedal you would snap your neck.
Diesels more like 17 to 1 and there is not throttle plate.
I have driven my friends F250 7.3 PSD with a manual 5 speed and if you got it up to 2500 rpms in 1st 2nd or 3rd and let off the gas pedal you would snap your neck.
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