Good write up Turtle and know most are clueless of what you said...as most are
only interested in either the marketing HP number and/or acceleration rates (or
seat of their pants acceleration)
Lost on what you said is that it takes X HP to move the same weight/frontal area/etc
at Y speed no matter what type of ICE you have
Or that diesel has more energy per gallon than does gasoline, so it appears to
have better MPG...lost is that it not comparing apples to apples
Or that the most efficient ICE is a 2 cycle diesel at about 50%...which means
approx 50% of the energy is lost...not delivered to the pavement...meaning that
there is more head room to get better efficiency (more MPG)
Good post
