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Originally Posted by mustangcat
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Ha ha, tell that to Audi, they really need to know, their R10 (which is a diesel) lost the LeManns by how many laps? Oh wait, it didn't, in fact it came in 1st by a large margin.
Diesels have enormous advantages over gas engines:
1. No risk of pre-detonation, regardless of cylinder pressures, which means you can force in as much air as the block and internals can handle. No need to increase octane or advance the timing.
2. The Diesel cycle is more fuel efficient, because the fuel burns as it enters the chamber, as opposed to being ignited from a single point and spreading outwards as gas engines do. Diesel fuel also has more energy per unit than gasoline.
3. Diesels run much cooler, thus can be pushed much harder before reaching the same temperatures of a gas engine producing less power.
4. Diesels are torque engines, producing far more torque than any gas engine of the same horsepower, and we all know what Shelby said.
Not quite 18 seconds, and not a gas engine.
Not bad for an 8000 pound truck.