GM Planning larger gas engine than the 6.6L
This ought to be interesting. http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/02/gm-planning-new-engine-larger-than-new-6-6l-v8-l8t/ Well over 8 liters, that is a lot of motor.
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
As the owner of a 9.4 liter engine there is no way in hell I would have this engine in a truck or MH or whatever.
Just to give you guys an idea how much gas this thing can use:
Just to warm this engine up to 180 degrees for a run= 1 gallon of gas!
To make a 1/4 mile run with burnout and return= 1.25 gallons of gas!
Now I know my engine does not have CD; but still. You better have a fuel tanker in back of you if you plan to tow with this engine!
I'll stick with my old oil burner!
You usually have very spot-on technical comments but this time you're being a little silly. ;)
The amount of fuel burned is dependent upon the effort demanded plus any waste heat. Larger displacement engines doing the same work as smaller ones don't necessarily need to burn more fuel to do it.
If you used your 9.4L engine to tow you'd need one heck of a heavy trailer, a really steep hill or both to keep up that burn rate.
Yes, diesel has more BTU's so will always win the fuel economy debate. I could point you at some modified diesel pulling tractors that can chew through the fuel too.
Also, burning that much gas in a 1/4 mile sounds like a blast!
