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Originally Posted by mustangcat
Theres a MUCH larger market for gas engines; meaning more performance products, meaning more competition among manufacturers, meaning lower prices.
Where there may be only one of two turbocharger maker for diesel(Banks for example) theres dozens for Mustangs and petrol engines.
Another factor to consider: with harsher and harsher gas mileage and emissions standards every day chances are you won't see a kickass diesel engine in a car in America as a widely produced model. Obama as President, Democratic Congress, you'll see CAFE x2.
Sure you'll still see diesels, but they'll all be like those BlueTech Dodges.  |
Possibly because there are much more gas engines being sold? That statement is also relative. For Mustangs there are a **** ton of aftermarket producers, that's not always the case. Try actually looking up the prices on some of the stuff.
Until you get to the point where you have to start going to bigger turbos, it's not that expensive, and turbo's for gas engines are just as expensive (not counting the cost to build a gas engine to not fall apart under boost).