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Screw that, I want that crazy guys aerodynamic diesel big rig, I'd drive one of those suckers everyday lol, that thing was badass. Guy's a genious, he's managed to keep the cargo capacity of normal big rig (or slightly less) but at 50% less fuel consumption then the brick shaped big rigs we have.
I love diesels, our old neighbors Powerstroke Excursion ran high 12's, that is seriously hauling for something that big and heavy. Had so much torque,felt much much more faster and powerful then normal vehicles running high 12's. Jeep offers Benz BlueTec diesel now in the Grand Cherokee, I wish GM would offer their Duramax in the H2 or full size Suburban.
I love diesels, our old neighbors Powerstroke Excursion ran high 12's, that is seriously hauling for something that big and heavy. Had so much torque,felt much much more faster and powerful then normal vehicles running high 12's. Jeep offers Benz BlueTec diesel now in the Grand Cherokee, I wish GM would offer their Duramax in the H2 or full size Suburban.
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I don't remember stock, low 16's maybe, he's got quite some goodies including propane injection etc. Hell on the the 6.0 Powerstroke trucks guys are in the 13's with only a tune, exhaust and intake. Diesels respond to mods like no other, they can handle high boost and torquey as hell.abrcrombe said:
I want a diesel truck so bad. Another friends Cummins Ram has around 800-900 lbft of torque, and is 6 speed manual, that truck can star in 4th gear and doesn't even flinch lol. I saw an H2 with a Duramax swap that was pretty mean looking (I don't really like them in general), no price, so I emailed that I was interested, they came back at 120K...uhhhh no thanks lol. I was expecting maybe 60-70K.
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Banks makes a 6-gun system for the powerstroke turbos. it just reprograms them and with the exhaust too, it's very common for them to run that quick. my friends from highschool each had a maxima with nitrous and the other with a f250 with the banks 6gun. they went at it one day and the maxima needed the NO2 just to KEEP UP. that's f***in hauling. the excursion and the 250 have the same motor, for the record.
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bambo2888 said:
Too bad they don't allow any foreign diesel cars in California anymore (I really wanted E320CDI). Domestic - yes, foreign - no.
The one you are talking aboutmust be the new diesel formula of the future.
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supercharged said:Too bad they don't allow any foreign diesel cars in California anymore (I really wanted E320CDI). Domestic - yes, foreign - no.
Never heard of that one, doesn't surprise me though
I wonder what they consider to be foreign though, with Hondas/Toyotas/Mazdas/etc. made domestically and Chrysler owning Benz. The lines are aweful blurry to say the least...
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Yeah, California is so picky on newer cars. But they sure let older (30 years and up) cars to pollute the atmosphere, some modified with 1000 horses engine, polluting like 5000 new cars, but too bad not paying 5000 cars fees to DMV.
IMO fees need to be based on how badly your vehicle pollutes the atmosphere.
IMO fees need to be based on how badly your vehicle pollutes the atmosphere.
yup, small diesels can get GREAT mileage
but what happens here? People STILL ask me "but don't diesels pollute and are all noisy and stuff..." :sigh: NO! They aren't!
A VW Lupo, a about 13,000 pound (pounds sterling) car, I think its about a 1.4L diesel... anyway, it gets about 70 mpg! 70!
We don't need expensive and rather wasteful "hybrid" technology that in reality, does nothing. All we need are small diesels. But no, instead, we like to waste money on huge gas guzzlers, pushing gas prices even higher because of "artificial" demand created by such things.
They're also super torquey, which works great in our ridiculous stop and go traffic (which could be solved if people just drove smarter, but whatever...)
whatever, sorry, I feel rather strongly about these things
but what happens here? People STILL ask me "but don't diesels pollute and are all noisy and stuff..." :sigh: NO! They aren't!
A VW Lupo, a about 13,000 pound (pounds sterling) car, I think its about a 1.4L diesel... anyway, it gets about 70 mpg! 70!
We don't need expensive and rather wasteful "hybrid" technology that in reality, does nothing. All we need are small diesels. But no, instead, we like to waste money on huge gas guzzlers, pushing gas prices even higher because of "artificial" demand created by such things.
They're also super torquey, which works great in our ridiculous stop and go traffic (which could be solved if people just drove smarter, but whatever...)
whatever, sorry, I feel rather strongly about these things
ding ding. See, if we just stuck diesels in the large vehicles people seem to love nowadays (I'm talking more of huge butt SUVs, not really trucks that people seem to actually utilize for their real purposes, like you seem to do, strokin!), I might not have such a problem with them.Strokin04 said:
but everytime I think of it I just feel like I'm thinking of some fuel efficient utopia that it seems our country will never become
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paul34 said:ding ding. See, if we just stuck diesels in the large vehicles people seem to love nowadays (I'm talking more of huge butt SUVs, not really trucks that people seem to actually utilize for their real purposes, like you seem to do, strokin!), I might not have such a problem with them.
but everytime I think of it I just feel like I'm thinking of some fuel efficient utopia that it seems our country will never become
I use my truck and when I am not, like just going to a store or work and don't need it I use my little beater 4 cylinder car that gets alot better mileage and is alot easier to park. Also I don't care if my beater gets door dinged or rock chips from the road. Alot of people buy these trucks and never tow a single thing. If I didn't need to pull my utility trailer or boat I would get rid of it and get a vette that has performance and can get good mileage if you are easy on the throttle (easier said than done). Mike...