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Old 11-23-2010, 06:45 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Clev View Post
A biofueled diesel of equivalent power would probably be even more efficient, with noise and vibration being the inherent problems.
A well designed modern diesel can be quieter and smoother than a similar gasser. Noise and vibration are inherant to older manual pumped diesels, but not a good quality commonrail injected diesel.

Then again a gasser running at nearly no throttle would be very efficient I suspect.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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