[Big Dave]

quote:
"Diesel Dave shows his soot-covered face again.

Dave says:

You're durn tootin'. The whole point of the site is fuel economy. Says so on the home page. Do you think I'm gonna ignore an engine that is 50% more efficient? Do you think I'm gonna ignore an engine that does not have to be made less efficient to modulate power? Do you think I'm gonna ignore an engine that can run a wide variety of fuels? No, no, and no.

As for the Corvette, a manual 'Vette gets a 3.42 gear. One with an automatic gets a 2.73 gear. Put the automatic R&P behind the T-56 and now your top gear is a combined 1.36:1. You toodle down the superslab 70 MPH @ 1000 RPM. BTW, what but a diesel can make that kind of torque at a paltry 1000RPM? A 4BT3.9 Cummins does so easily.