Sacrificing bells and whistles to save gas
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Re: Segue to bigger FE oriented hybrids.
Originally Posted by phoebeisis
I'm not sure why Honda is implying/hinting that they have to use a diesel to get outstanding FE in their big people/stuff haulers. A diesel certainly will improve the FE
#12
Re: Segue to bigger FE oriented hybrids.
Originally Posted by nitramjr
Let me take all the pollution controls off my F250 and I could probably get diesel-like mileage out of it too.
Diesel is more efficient than gas. Or more accurately, the diesel cycle is more efficient thermodynamically than is the otto cycle. So even without your pollution controls, you will not get diesel mileage.
It does seem likely that increasing the pollution controls on a diesel engine would also reduce the mileage, but I haven't heard any actual numbers, and would still expect to see the mileage delta.
#13
Re: Segue to bigger FE oriented hybrids.
Originally Posted by salsbr
Diesel is more efficient than gas. Or more accurately, the diesel cycle is more efficient thermodynamically than is the otto cycle. So even without your pollution controls, you will not get diesel mileage.
It does seem likely that increasing the pollution controls on a diesel engine would also reduce the mileage, but I haven't heard any actual numbers, and would still expect to see the mileage delta.
It does seem likely that increasing the pollution controls on a diesel engine would also reduce the mileage, but I haven't heard any actual numbers, and would still expect to see the mileage delta.
Once they start implementing the clean burning diesel fuels (this week in MA if I heard correctly) which will lower the energy content of the fuel, go look at the diesel boards and watch the *****ing begin. It will be like this board when we started getting the ethanol back in the spring. Although a 5% reduction in efficiency will be harder to notice at 13 mpg.
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