Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
It's going to be a V6, like the one in the 1500 Ram. Link
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Not apples to apples when comparing gasoline vs diesel
'normally' gasoline has around 114,000 BTU's per US gallon. Diesel has around 129,000 BTU's per US gallon
So about a 1.13 factor. Meaning take the diesel MPG and divide it by 1.13 to get the equivalent or normalized MPG...AKA apples compared to apples
Never the less, diesel has more energy per unit measure over gasoline, so it should have higher MPG's per US Gallon
The other factor is that diesel ICE's have a much higher compression ratio. That factors large...as the bottom line is PSI on the piston top that produces torque...therefore HP
ON that, gasoline will detonate at those higher compression ratios. Just the laws of physics....unless you can get a gasoline ICE to employ diesel levels of compression ratio without detonation...
Too bad work on GDCI development has slowed...though there are still some corporations still working on it.
First, gotta say am not a diesel person. Never have been...except for a serious period looking into diesel during the late 90's and into the early 2000's. One buddy smoked us all with his 7.3L Ford Excursion...to find he had a tune and propane injection...
Saw the SMOG freight train coming and decided to stick to gasoline, my favorite, but started gathering info on diesel
Saw the patents being filed and how onerous the testing/certification must be...because of all of that stuff being patented. Mainly the +20,000 PSI injection systems and that electronic chips were stacked in series, INSIDE THE INJECTOR, to be able to pulse/spray fast enough during ONE combustion cycle. Knew those injectors were not going to last very long...though they do last longer than thought...and the why they cost so much. Silicone Chips inside a tube pushing AGAINST +20,000 PSI fluid to open the valve to inject into the combustion chamber *AND* slammed shut by that 20,000 PSI flow when they are turned off to close that flow...holy cow !!!
GDCI (Gasoline DirectInjection Compression Ignition...no spark plug...ignition just like diesel), but with more gasoline attributes
Delphi paper on GDCI
Biggie for me...there is a potential to bring back big blocks using GDCI !!!!
'normally' gasoline has around 114,000 BTU's per US gallon. Diesel has around 129,000 BTU's per US gallon
So about a 1.13 factor. Meaning take the diesel MPG and divide it by 1.13 to get the equivalent or normalized MPG...AKA apples compared to apples
Never the less, diesel has more energy per unit measure over gasoline, so it should have higher MPG's per US Gallon
The other factor is that diesel ICE's have a much higher compression ratio. That factors large...as the bottom line is PSI on the piston top that produces torque...therefore HP
ON that, gasoline will detonate at those higher compression ratios. Just the laws of physics....unless you can get a gasoline ICE to employ diesel levels of compression ratio without detonation...
Too bad work on GDCI development has slowed...though there are still some corporations still working on it.
First, gotta say am not a diesel person. Never have been...except for a serious period looking into diesel during the late 90's and into the early 2000's. One buddy smoked us all with his 7.3L Ford Excursion...to find he had a tune and propane injection...
Saw the SMOG freight train coming and decided to stick to gasoline, my favorite, but started gathering info on diesel
Saw the patents being filed and how onerous the testing/certification must be...because of all of that stuff being patented. Mainly the +20,000 PSI injection systems and that electronic chips were stacked in series, INSIDE THE INJECTOR, to be able to pulse/spray fast enough during ONE combustion cycle. Knew those injectors were not going to last very long...though they do last longer than thought...and the why they cost so much. Silicone Chips inside a tube pushing AGAINST +20,000 PSI fluid to open the valve to inject into the combustion chamber *AND* slammed shut by that 20,000 PSI flow when they are turned off to close that flow...holy cow !!!
GDCI (Gasoline DirectInjection Compression Ignition...no spark plug...ignition just like diesel), but with more gasoline attributes
Delphi paper on GDCI
Biggie for me...there is a potential to bring back big blocks using GDCI !!!!
