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Originally Posted by trooper Tdiesel
id bet that yanking all that junk would get it up to around 60+ mpg with a auto trans.
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Not to mention making it reliable. Aftertreatment systems are the number one reliability issue in modern diesels. Just ask a trucker who owns a 2007+ product.
However, aftertreatment is a necessary evil. Old school diesels spew out biblical amounts of poison from their tail pipes and they stink, at least in comparison to their gasoline powered counterparts.
In the early 70's, people complained about emissions non-stop. Lots of emissions devices were removed to make cars reliable/driveable. But look at cars now: more powerful and cleaner than ever before, and nobody even thinks about emission devices anymore. Now diesels are going through the same thing as gasoline cars in the early 70's. I bet in 15 years we probably won't even think about it anymore.