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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jevanb wrote:
...if a gas eng is more powerful in a pickup size like you say, why are their no gas engines with 400/850??? and installed in a let say something everyone can purchase like a 3500 DRW
Probably because of market demand and gov't regs.
The 3.5 liter ecoboost makes 370hp and 430 lb-ft of torque. Scale that up to the size of the big three diesels and your're looking at about double those numbers.
We've recently seen 8.1 liter gas engines fit under pickup hoods. A 8.1 liter forced induction gas engine would be a monster. Probably pass anything but a gas station...
