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ShinerBock
Explorer
Oct 20, 2020

Why diesels are most efficient around 1,800 rpm

Finally got more of an answer to why all diesels are most efficient around 1,800 rpm. In comparison to what I thought, it has more to do with how diesel burns than other things like compression ratio...
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Grit_dog
Navigator II
Oct 28, 2020
Oh, here we go again with the “theoretical” hp required to move x load at x speed....
Which in the absence of a flat road in a vacuum essentially does not exist.

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