Diesel Dodge Dart Concept

RustyRatRod said
Diesel sucks gay ballsacks. Especially now when diesel is so much higher than gas it removes any benefit from better mileage and makes you about even with gas cost wise. They are slow to rev and who the hell wants to smell like diesel fuel all the time? That **** gets everywhere and there's nothing you can do to stop it.

This simply isn't true. I just bought my wife a new TDI and she had a kia prior. Her kia had no power and got low 30's milage. The new one is a rocket and gets mid 40's average. Her fuel bill has been cut nearly in half despite the cost difference.

Dependingon the vehcile you might get diesel smell... true. Her car doesn't smel at all. The trucks, turned up, straight piped, yes. The old ones especially. Doesn't bother me. I've grown to hate the smell of gasoline and it's funny how people who drive gas cars don't smell it. this especially applies to the drag strip and car show/classic car guys. However race fuel does smell good to me.

RustyRatRod said
I OWNED an 04 F250 6.0 Powerstroke. 4" exhaust, cat delete, cold air kit, Diablo tuner. I know what they run like. Besides all that, I've turned wrenches since 1974, so I've been around some diesels. I stand by what I said. Even with all that done to mine, a good hot gas engine would out rev the hell out of it. I didn't say out run.

6.0's were junk unless you did a "bulletproofing to them" They can be made to run. They had some major inherent design flaws. It really isn't a champ to be compared in this discussion through as I began talking about a 4 cylinder TDI VW engine which is a common rail, inline design with fixed vanes. The 6.0 is a V design with oil fired injectors and a variable vane.

Make no mistake the diesels can be VERY fast, specifically the duramax if your talking 1/4 mile type performance. But that really isn't what they are for.