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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hindle_ az
turbo a gas tow engine and the reliability goes out the window. Gas engines we use in our tow vehicles arn't specked for added boost either with a supercharger or turbo to last several hundred thousand miles while towing full time. We ran a few s/c and turboed 454/460 one ton trucks years back towing our race cars and heat from boost was our eternal problem when pulling long grades. Didn't take us long after blown head gaskets and burned pistons to stay stock. Much more to a turbo diesel engine lasting 200-400000 miles while towing than than the injection system differences.
Bring the boost up on a diesel, 20-30 lbs, at 2000+ rpm and pull 26000+ lbs all day long. Thats the typical life of a hotshoter workin' his turbo diesel. A gasser with any kind boost or not can't compete economicaly or mechanicaly. Apples to oranges.......JIM
turbo a gas tow engine and the reliability goes out the window. Gas engines we use in our tow vehicles arn't specked for added boost either with a supercharger or turbo to last several hundred thousand miles while towing full time. We ran a few s/c and turboed 454/460 one ton trucks years back towing our race cars and heat from boost was our eternal problem when pulling long grades. Didn't take us long after blown head gaskets and burned pistons to stay stock. Much more to a turbo diesel engine lasting 200-400000 miles while towing than than the injection system differences.
Bring the boost up on a diesel, 20-30 lbs, at 2000+ rpm and pull 26000+ lbs all day long. Thats the typical life of a hotshoter workin' his turbo diesel. A gasser with any kind boost or not can't compete economicaly or mechanicaly. Apples to oranges.......JIM
