Yeah they are 2.5 liter inline 4 cyl. turbo diesels. the page said that
they had 300 #'s of torque, but it also said that the 3.9 gas v6 had 305
so I am not sure if they rate them different there or what
Erich 98 ext. cab v8 5spd.
Mark Jones wrote:
>
> Lower maintenance cost is one of the advantages of the diesel engines.
>
> Which gives me a thought: how about a diesel Dakota? I've read they
> have a plant in Brazil that turns out diesel Dakotas. I wonder what
> engine they are putting in them. Has anyone ever done a diesel
> conversion?
>
> Mark
>
> - -----original message------
> The main advantage of the diesel is excellent mileage _under load_.
> The
> Cummins will simply haul much more efficiently than the gasoline
> engines.
> You do pay a penalty in the power department, however, and the speed
> at
> which the diesel can apply it's torque is limited. That's why your
> acceleration
> falls off. There is a difference between 250hp/300ft-lb and
> 200hp/500ft-lb
> (guesstimate, I don't have specs handy).
>
> There are other advantages gasoline engines have over diesel, like
> initial
> cost and maintenance ease/cost. So it's always a trade off.
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