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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Fortunately, I90 at snocrummy is a pretty mile pass, along with low at 3000'.......
But as one former poster liked to point out. The army must not agree with some of you, as they took out the 2000/4000 diesel motors, and put 2000/400 rated turbine motors in the Abrams tanks, they BOTH go just as fast, with the tubines doing a bit faster IIRC.
At the end, the turbin always at 10 or 20K r's, pushing/running a hydraulic system, was better than a higher torque motor pushing a set of gears, reving up and down etc as one shifted. The drive traain behind the motor will also effect the how good a particular engine is. BUT< at the end of the day, 350 hp is 350 hp, both motors be them 350 at 2000 rpm or 350 at 20,000 rpm, if both have the drive train to get the max to the ground, both should be going the same speed with the same wt etc. The issue with trucks, reality is, gas and diesel are not really setup to compare equally. BUT, if one is willing to run a gas motor at 4000 rpm, with 350 hp behind it, vs a diesel at 2000 with 350 hp......you should be able to be going the same speed. Like a lot of things, it may not happen with current teck drivetrains in twucks!
marty
But as one former poster liked to point out. The army must not agree with some of you, as they took out the 2000/4000 diesel motors, and put 2000/400 rated turbine motors in the Abrams tanks, they BOTH go just as fast, with the tubines doing a bit faster IIRC.
At the end, the turbin always at 10 or 20K r's, pushing/running a hydraulic system, was better than a higher torque motor pushing a set of gears, reving up and down etc as one shifted. The drive traain behind the motor will also effect the how good a particular engine is. BUT< at the end of the day, 350 hp is 350 hp, both motors be them 350 at 2000 rpm or 350 at 20,000 rpm, if both have the drive train to get the max to the ground, both should be going the same speed with the same wt etc. The issue with trucks, reality is, gas and diesel are not really setup to compare equally. BUT, if one is willing to run a gas motor at 4000 rpm, with 350 hp behind it, vs a diesel at 2000 with 350 hp......you should be able to be going the same speed. Like a lot of things, it may not happen with current teck drivetrains in twucks!
marty
