Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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DavidPhillips wrote:
Diesels better.
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JCB DIESELMAX Sets Speed Record for a Diesel-Powered Car
The JCB DIESELMAX gets its power from two 5.0-liter four-cylinder twin-turbocharged JCB444 diesel engines usually found in back-loaders, or earth-shovels.
Article at MSN
http://autos.msn.com/advice/article.aspx?contentid=4024418
Wish I had just one of those 5.O liter 4 cylinder engines and they came off of a back loader. Now that sounds hard to believe. One for the front wheel drive and one for the back. I would put my money on a diesle any day. No comparison for the work load. I have caravaned in my gasser with diesels towing travel trailers and they (diesel) will just keep going with no lag at all. Set the cruise and roll. My gasser always drags back when faced with any size incline. I have a 32.5 gallon tank and most of the rigs I have caravaned with have the same or less. At fuel stops I was always the one that took the most fuel. Everyone of the diesel guys on a long haul always got much better mpg than me. My GCVW (tow and rig) is 9,882 lbs - Max is 11,125 (tow is a Dodge 1500B Van 318 5.2 L with a 3.55 gear - rig is 23ft Mallard) and I run with deisels that are towing fifth wheels that weigh 14,000 and more. They have a much smoother run and use less fuel and the time difference between oil and filter changes makes up for the cost. I have a complete tune up on the gasser every year plugs, wires, rotary and rotary cap with factory parts and that gets expensive ,not so for the diesel. Not to mention the trans and rear end stuff that has to be done more frequently than diesles and on and on and on.
Tom
