> Diesel engines days are numbered. They are way too dirty. Huh? You must be hanging out at truck stops. ;-) With the new technology made possible by computers, the new diesels are approaching the cleanliness of the LEV's. Diesel also produces noticably more energy per molecule than gasoline. You will see a slew of new diesel powerplants being introduced by the major European auto manufacturers over the next couple of years. BMW recently came out with a twin-turbo Diesel v8. In the 7 series, it is able to keep up with the 4.4 Litre gas motor while achieving much better fuel economy. It's just as clean, to boot.
Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 1:00 PM Subject: Re: OT: Diesel & Eurovan > In a message dated 1/14/00 4:23:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] > writes: > > > Diesel rules (or at least will in the future > Diesel engines days are numbered. They are way too dirty. Ever see a diesel > make power? They spew carbon particulates because they run rich when lugging > the motor down low. They run so rich when they make power because diesel > engine fuel management is the opposite of spark ignition. Diesels pull in > all the air they want and regulate the fuel hence when they are down low the > timing pump is dumping in huge amounts of fuel a the motor is pulling very > little air. Mercedes went so far as to put a particulate filter in the > exhaust system of their 300d cars to conform to California emission > standards. this lasted only a year because the particulate filter clogged up > easily and was a PITA to service. > electricity is the way to the future once engineers find an electrical > source that can develop 6000 joules per pound just like gasoline, then and > only then is when electric cars will take off like a rocket. Heck electric > cars will be faster than gasoline cars will ever be. I have a 15 year old > Team Associated Rc10 that has a 13 turn electric motor that pushes the car to > an honest 45 mph that's 450 mph in 1/10 scale and I did this on crap sport > 1200mAH SC cells I would love to see what the car would do on the new 3000 > mAH Ni Mh cells > > Erich Regber > looking for a winter project > 65 Mustang completed (at least until something else breaks) > 85 Golf (strangely running great) > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
