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Old 12-24-2013, 11:22 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mcrews View Post

"But as logical as turbocharging is in gasoline engines, it makes even more sense when you boost modern diesel engines, which offer ridiculous fuel economy, gobs of torque and a very clean footprint on the environment. And we haven’t touched on the ability of a stout iron diesel engine block to keep going and going and going......"
I'm with you on the applicability of small diesels. These guys have come up with an ingenious solution to the big vibration problem of single- and two-cylinder diesels. I think these could be the Next Big Thing under the hood of some compact, lightweight commuter.
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