the limits of diesel
When I bought my 2006 Duramax, I was pretty impressed with 650 ft-lbs, and 22 mpg (under best possible conditions), plus a great ride an plenty of load capacity. Now Dodge advertises 850 ft-lb and 25...
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fla-gypsy wrote:
I think the truck makers could probably sell more trucks by downsizing the diesel motors some and put those efforts into MPG's. Only the very largest trailers need more than 500 ft lbs of torque to move quite adequately with a 6 speed auto transmission that is geared properly, but what do I know?
The issue is with the EPA. With DPF's and EGR's our motors are suffering from air restrictions, they recirculating hot exhaust and REGEN mode is burning up extra fuel.
Ive been in a 800hp/1500FTLBS 8000lbs truck that got 30mpg. It had sequential turbos that burned clean and had no smoke.
