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Old 12-26-2012, 12:50 AM   #18 (permalink)
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It's all about Diesel
 
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
It's a truck motor. It's common in Asia for working trucks with a 2 ton plus capacity tp use 2.7 or 2.8 liter diesels.

Of course, they're not expected to haul 2 tons at 80 mph up a 20 degree slope for hours on end, like most Americans think all trucks should... But they do a lot of mountain driving, too.
Many of those small Diesel 4-bangers in the 2.8L to 3.0L displacement range can easily perform any duty performed by a small-block gasser V8. No wonder the bigger gassers are nearly extinct in South America, finding some popularity only in Chile, Venezuela and Bolivia.
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