OH and even if they were playing with it, it never reached production so you can't call it a good engine. In fact you can't even qualify it as an engine, it may have been an experiment but never a production unit. Kinda like the Wankle diesel that JD developed. Never reached production. So just an experiment.
Now would the 225 have been convertible to a powerful enough diesel engine strong enough to take the day to day abuse? Who knows? Never got that far. I doubt it because there is nothing besides a turbine that beats cubic inches.
I myself want to see the Dodge, Ford and GM diesels on an independent dyno being run within advertised engine specs before I believe any of the advertised HP/Torque ratings. I do know at one time Dodges advertised HP and Torque was achieved over the governed RPM's on a stock truck. I know this because I was researching a truck for a friend who was overseas at the time but returning to the states soon. Both Ford and GM at the time listed at what RPMs HP and Torque were achieved. Dodge only gave HP and Torque and was strangely quite about RPMS. I was on the Dodge web site on a one on one chat with a representative who finally gave the specs I was looking for. Now that's not saying it was a bad truck or the engine no good but at least they could have been honest. Heck they could be honest now and put a FIAT badge on everything.
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