Craig wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 10:18:51 +1030 Hendrik and Fay <heni...@gmail.com>
wrote:
This comes up every now and then on MB chat places (specially here as
we never got turbo Diesel engines), consensus seems to be a mild boost
is no drama but if you really go to town, you can end up with problems.
The turbo engines have oil sprays on the pistons, to cool em down under
extreme use.
That's true, but we were talking about how much power the transmission
can take.
Transmissions are usually rated by torque, not power. Although I can see where
heat absorption of an auto trans might be more related to power than to torque.
Manual transmission ratings depend on impulse, where a tranny might be rated for
twice as much torque with an 8 cylinder engine as with a 4 cylinder. I'm not
sure if diesel engine torque capacity is less than gas engine.
Mitch.
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