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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Hannibal wrote:
Funny how the diesel only crowd thinks 3k rpm isn't high rpm. It's a blur. Because a gas engine runs about 30% higher rpm doesn't make the diesel's rpm low. Compared to a 19,000 rpm Formula One race car engine, 5k rpm is nothing. The gas and diesel engines in our pickup trucks aren't that far apart.
Really, the Tach on my 01 Cummins only goes to 4,000 rpm, I was a Mustang rental car a couple weeks ago and the Tach went to 8,000 to 9,000 and the red line was 6,500 rpm. I know not apples to Oranges but I very seldom see north of 2,500 rpm.
