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Fastest Street Legal Diesel Car "You're putting diesel in your car!" Wood continued to pump the fuel, let out a chuckle and said, "I know." His is not a typical Ford. Wood owns Nitrous Express, which produces high-performance car parts for customers around the globe. It took him about a year and $50,000 to disassemble a working sports car just to put it back together -- with some major changes. Pulling the 20 or so hood pins reveals a 2004 Chevrolet diesel pickup engine capable of 1,200 horsepower. It is the fastest diesel-powered street-legal car in the world -- and it averages 35 miles per gallon. "It was a challenge," Wood said. "I just wanted to prove I could do it." |
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 20, 2008 7:00 am) Gee and meets the 2012 35 mpg economy standards , today!!  
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Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 20, 2008 7:18 am) The owner of a Corvette specialty shop where I was getting a mundane alignment, once took me for a (of a series of break in) ride in a 650 hp (and who knows how many # ft of torque gasser V-8 (normally aspirated) probably close to 575 # ft of torque). Judas Priest !!!! |
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 20, 2008 7:00 am)
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Replying to: roland3 (Nov 20, 2008 9:02 am) As an aside, 45 mpg would extend the range to 810 miles !!!
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Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 20, 2008 9:10 am) 
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 20, 2008 7:00 am) No, there's nothing wrong with diesel cars in NASCAR. Just that nobody has bothered to make one yet. Though, there has been talk of entries in the truck series lately.
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... The new Duramax has the exhaust up where you might expect the intake to be, on a V-8. This is good for heat (read turbo) management and packaging (overall size). Other than size I think twin turbos, mounted low and close to the foward end(s) of the head(s), (for heat management) might be even better. Of course there is no way to bring a twin turbo, down the line, as cost effective as a single layout.
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Replying to: plekto (Nov 21, 2008 3:36 pm) Team in each series is SEAT, which is an "economy" marque within the VW family, from Spain. The car is a SEAT Leon which is, basically, a re-bodied VW Golf. This year the SEAT BTCC team came second in the championships behind Team Vauxhall, (GM's major brand in U.K.), with their Astra VXR's.........which are gassers. So, diesels are racing, in Europe, with VW backing. Is anyone surprised ?
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Replying to: alltorque (Nov 22, 2008 12:02 pm) WTCC home WTCC year results And Yvan Muller (France) (SEAT Diesel) was the leader pilot. Yvan Muller Add this to Audi R10 wins in 24 Hours du Mans and the picture is complete. Regards, Jose PS. I'm sorry I could not find an Ivan Mueller website written in English.
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