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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If I could find a cherry older truck I might consider it. But when I'm trading in a truck that's been rode hard and has a crooked number leading the 6-digit odometer reading moving into a new one is nice. The warranty is a plus too. I recently retired an '83 because it was getting to where I was spending 1/2 of what it was worth each year just to keep it on the road. Nice looking still with a fresh interior and paint, but can't justify a reman engine and transmission now not knowing what will fail next...
Now I know you don't mean going back into the 80's for a diesel (some were real pigs), but I don't want to buy someone else's '90's or '00's headache either. I read of many people bombing their 7.3's with propane injection, wild chips, and who knows what else. I'd hate to get one of those without knowing it.
I appreciated the banter as well. I don't have anything against diesels. But I have little experience with the ones they put under the hoods of vehicles. Most of the ones I've dealt with were much larger. The most impressive was a MAN unit I tested in Augsburg, Germany. It idled at 1500rpm and made 10,000 hp at 1500rpm. The smoke from the stack blotted out the sun when we threw the load on the generator. That thing would take a 3,400hp instantaneous load without dropping more than 1hz. Would have taken more except the turbo (about the size of a 55gal drum) was too heavy to spool up any faster. While I was there I saw where Rudolf tested his first diesel, neat.
Most of the big engines we deal with have spark plugs and drive compressors. Fuel cost pretty much eliminates considering anything else. They get their fuel from the natural gas stream they are compressing. Of course for the big power demand we burn natural gas (sometimes stabilized crude) in big turbines. Anywhere from 5,000hp to GE Frame 9's that make close to 120MW (140,000 HP). The saying here is, "If it spins, it wins."
Now I know you don't mean going back into the 80's for a diesel (some were real pigs), but I don't want to buy someone else's '90's or '00's headache either. I read of many people bombing their 7.3's with propane injection, wild chips, and who knows what else. I'd hate to get one of those without knowing it.
I appreciated the banter as well. I don't have anything against diesels. But I have little experience with the ones they put under the hoods of vehicles. Most of the ones I've dealt with were much larger. The most impressive was a MAN unit I tested in Augsburg, Germany. It idled at 1500rpm and made 10,000 hp at 1500rpm. The smoke from the stack blotted out the sun when we threw the load on the generator. That thing would take a 3,400hp instantaneous load without dropping more than 1hz. Would have taken more except the turbo (about the size of a 55gal drum) was too heavy to spool up any faster. While I was there I saw where Rudolf tested his first diesel, neat.
Most of the big engines we deal with have spark plugs and drive compressors. Fuel cost pretty much eliminates considering anything else. They get their fuel from the natural gas stream they are compressing. Of course for the big power demand we burn natural gas (sometimes stabilized crude) in big turbines. Anywhere from 5,000hp to GE Frame 9's that make close to 120MW (140,000 HP). The saying here is, "If it spins, it wins."
