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4x4ord
Explorer III
Jan 22, 2017

Is the diesel going to end up going the way of the dinosaur?

Tougher emission standards With the new DI turbocharged gasoline engine technology yielding incredible power and efficiency working in favor of the gasoline engine's future and the difficulties the...
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Lynnmor
Explorer
Jan 22, 2017
4x4ord wrote:
Torque has little to do with it. Gears or electric motors can produce torque. Diesel engines power big equipment because they have traditionally been more fuel efficient than gasoline engines.


People like to talk about their large torque numbers, but horsepower is the measure of work that an engine can do.

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