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Enlighten Me. I hear many people call it a CVT, the CVTs i know are the Fendt CVTs. and I highly doubt the prius is anything like those CVTs.
Once going the DSG is nice. But due to its design, it starts out a little jerky.
i will edit the post to make it more english. None of them are geared towards improving MPGs or Emissions they are all geared towards power and...
There seems to be some confusion. The performance diesels were ultra high performance off road vehicles. So stock emissions ratings do not apply,...
My post was not to show that performance diesel has to be dirty many of the vehicles in that post run clean. But also look at performance...
That thread was not an in your face post as you call it, just something to add for fun. read the thread description. You can twist things how you...
To bob Wilson. I understand where you are coming from but you seem to be missing some things. Every single one of the diesels in my other...
When I went for my first test drive in an 06 TDI/DSG Jetta back in the day, the salesguy jumped in and took me to a vacant lot, stomped on the...
All on-road diesels have the same emissions requirements. By 2014 all off road diesels under 800hp will have the same emissions requirements as...
I myself hate smoke. It makes out image look bad. But when it comes to a competition like a sled pull or drag race I don't mind. These vehicles...
These are simply dumnb immature people who think they are "cool" by blowing smoke. Stock these engines wont smoke. Its when idiots get ahold of...
just because a diesel is new and has common rail injection does not mean it will be quiet. It takes good tuning a piezo injectors to get the...
This thread is merely just for fun. It is not to say that members on here think they are slow. And please dont comment on the smoke, these are...
I do know how the atkinson cycle works, but it is still not as efficient. The maps you show use different scales. I dont know what their Bar...
The new diesels are very quiet, im assuming you have an older dodge cummins (pre 2007). These were very loud. i encourage you to go to a...
I think it would hurt their sales due to the common perception that SCR will make the vehicle more complex and cost more money as well as the...
There are two sides to that story though. With the complexity of new diesels comes somewhat easier data aquisition about the engine. Which is also...
1. Comparing engines is a level playing field as I haver mentioned. If you do not want to use the fair engine comparision due to the Prius...
The point is that a fair comparison between engines is BSFC. It doesnt matter what size or what power it makes, BSFC levels the playing ground....
That is why I do not compare mpg. A hybrid is just that, take the hyrbid part away from it and its an apples to apples comparison. This is why I...
