Zeke Yewdall wrote: >"One major way acceleration hurts is that engines are set to richen the >mixture during hard acceleration in order to prevent detonation >(knocking, pinging) at high cylinder pressures." > >Does this apply to diesel engines which almost always operate with >excess oxygen? > > Not if the diesel is setup properly. When the black smoke (soot) starts coming out it's because there's not enough oxygen for all the fuel. Short of that you're all set.
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