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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
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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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