bmanning wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
6dot6 wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
Do a little tuning on the diesel and then there is no comparison,none, notta. And yes it will hold up to it with no problems.
Not quite. I have an Audi with a 2 liter turbo direct injection gas engine. Stock it puts out 211 hp and 258 lb torque. The peak torque is between 1500 and 4200 rpm. To match that torque and hp per liter displacement, the latest DM, PS or Cummins would need to put out over 700 HP and 860 lb torque. I can go to an Audi dealer and get a Stassis ECM program and exhaust with full factory backed warranty and boost the output to 270 hp and 328 lb torque. To match that output per liter the diesels would need to produce 900 hp and 1100 lb torque.
Yes, I completely agree diesels make for better towing and I love my Cummins but today's gassers aren't your grandpa's gassers.
well you dont have a typical gas motor, you have a turbo motor. little different than the motors in the trucks people tow with. basicall you can just up the boost n fuel til she pops. not so easy on natural aspirated motors.
So, naturaly aspirated diesels are also slugs in comparison to turbo diesels
X2.
Everyone loves to conveniently forget that when trumpeting the virtues of diesel over gas. I'd love to see a turbo'd Ford V10 or GM 8.1L go head-to-head with a modern diesel.
Full disclosure, that turbo'd gas motor would get about 4-5mpg (LOL) but the power would be there.
The fuel mileage would probably improve but you would have to really feed it to get the torque of the diesels and then they wouldn't hold up. Plus you are comparing 8+ liters to 6.7 and 6.6 liters. Thank an 8.1 liter turbo diesel and hook them up. Yes the gas would be faster but the diesel would out pull it day in and day out.
