Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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Fuel "exploding" in a gas engine is called detonation and it is indeed a bad thing. That's why they are designed to avoid it. You wouldn't see very many 100,000+ mile gasoline engines if detonation was a common ocurrance. The power stroke is very similar in a gas and diesel engine. Expanding vapors from the combustion process push the piston down.
