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transamz9
Nov 27, 2014Explorer
Taco wrote:
The pickup truck diesel engines will never last at their screaming 3000 rpm redlines.
A class 8 truck runs 2000 rpm. A diesel locomotive runs 1000 rpm. A container ship redlines at 100 rpm. These high speed light duty little truck diesels will surely fall apart with their high rpm operation.
On the other hand you diesel owners had better never ever fly in a plane. With the internal blades of the jet engines spinning 13,500 rpm it is a wonder they can even make one flight. Then the stupid engineers think that it is due for it's first overhaul at 20,000 hours of flight. Year every diesel head on here knows that it will fail in no time flat.
I believe this thread is about Diesel vs Gas internal combustion engines. They have basically the same moving parts. Jet engines are no way comparable.Very few moving parts. BTW, the 6.0 don't redline at 3k.
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