Re: IH 274 opinion

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 31, 2007 at 08:41:55 from (209.226.247.185):

In Reply to: Re: IH 274 opinion posted by RodInNS on January 31, 2007 at 06:01:17:

Rod: No question, the better oils, tighter tolerances and engine controls have made improvments. My point is, why not incorperate those good items with the good we once had. We went diesel years ago because they developed maximum torque at or below 1,500 rpm, and at that rpm they were very efficient. You start turning these diesels at 2,500 to 3,000 rpm and they are not going to give you any better fuel economy the a gas engine.

I put roughly 750,000 km on one of the most mickey mouse diesels man ever created, that being a 6.2 Chevy, and the only thing I ever replaced on that engine were injectors, glow plugs and timer, injection pump and water pump. It gave me 30 miles per imp gallon, why, because it had a 3.24 axle ratio and turned roughly 1,800 rpm at 100 kph. My neighbor had 4.10 axle, got 14 mpg, and it blew up at 125,000 km.

The automotive industry boasts about all the improvments they've made in the past 50 years, why to hear them talk you've think the modern day exhaust was improving our air. Here in Ontario, the government spent millions on emissions testing, yes it's a bigger scam than NS annual safety inspection. The only vehicles it's taking off the road are ones that are destined to blow up in 3 months anyhow, but they convinced folks they have clean air. If the vechicle isn't burning excessive motor oil it will pass, border line and you dump a 1/2 gallon of methyl hydrate into your last tank of gas before test and it will pass. The rest blow up in 3 months.

When I was 16, my dad had a 57 Chevy sedan, 6 cylinder, today I have a Buick Lesabre sedan, 6 cylinder, highway the chevy got 26 mpg, same with the Buick. They both weigh about the same. I can only assume they each consume the same amount of oxygen to burn that gas, thus they must belch out the same exhaust.

Just totally unbelieveable what the spin doctors have convinced society has been good for them in the past 50 years. Now they are trying to convince the trucking industry they are going to successfully run a Cummins diesel at 250 degrees F. That should be a hoot.

Replies:

• Re: IH 274 opinion RodInNS 11:02:39 01/31/07 (1)
  • Re: IH 274 opinion Hugh Mackay 17:16:00 01/31/07 (0)

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