Are gas engines ever going to catch up?
Our creaky old Cummins powered truck (bought used) seats 4, does about 20-23mpg bobtail and 12mpg towing a 5th wheel trailer at 22,999lbs. It's mileage is somewhere in between hauling a camper and/or...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:Kemahsabe wrote:
Good post, naturist.
I've heard many people say, "Diesels are more efficient than gassers."
That's not necessarily true, I say, since to be fair you have to compare their efficiencies at the same compression ratio.
They say, "Huh? You can't do that."
If you don't, then you're comparing two different engines and you're handicapping the gasser.
If you think compression ratio has a lot to do with mileage you have some reading to do. :B
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that diesel has over 13% more energy than gasoline, now could it? Naaaaaaaaaaaa, :R :B
I think if you could get high enough octane gas to run 14 to 1 compression you would see one heck of a improvement in milage and power!
Anyone know the octane rating of diesel?
