Re: End of the diesel pickup truck

Posted by LJD on December 14, 2012 at 05:28:18 from (75.250.200.17):

In Reply to: End of the diesel pickup truck posted by buickanddeere on December 13, 2012 at 15:16:30:

What does a direct-injected gas engine got to do with a diesel? Gasoline has less BTU energy per gallon, and a gas engine has less mechanical compression ratio. Gas is spark ignition and diesel is compression-ignition.

Are you saying the new gas trucks - pulling a heavily loaded trailer are beating diesels in fuel mileage? Even with gasoline being cheaper per volume(US) or temperature-compensated-gallon (Canada) - I doubt they beat diesels in actual fuel cost per mile.

If so, I'd like to see the specs. My 92 Dodge diesel can tow an 8000 lb. trailer at 65 MPH and get 15-16 MPG.

GM had been working on an actual diesel engine that runs on gasoline. Compression ignition and 18 to 1 compression ratio. I think they gave up though.

Replies:

• Re: End of the diesel pickup truck buickanddeere 06:17:50 12/14/12 (1)
  • Re: End of the diesel pickup truck oliver power 20:45:55 12/14/12 (0)
• Re: End of the diesel pickup truck dhermesc 05:43:33 12/14/12 (1)
  • Re: End of the diesel pickup truck LJD 06:12:29 12/14/12 (0)

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