Just a couple of comments from the peanut gallary, I work in a chevy/toyota dealership (im on the toyota side). The duramax (isuzu) is a NICE engine! We have a few of the local boys that are 1) rich 2) into going fast that have them and put power chips in the ecu. I will say that i was more than impressed with power and speed the chip gave to the engines!! They will run faster than alot of the big block gas engine trucks plus they will out pull them every time. If you want a diesel truck and can afford a new one then go with the maxx. Jason Gnatowsky --- murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. As to the end part, where they > talk about how > folks don't really consider it at present, that tune > would change > pretty quickly, I think, with certain factors. Such > as: if the price > of gasoline went way up and diesel seemed like a > somewhat more > affordable solution. Or if diesels came in a wider > variety of > consumer vehicles, and not just in a very limited > number of consumer > vehicles or in large trucks. Folks will come around > pretty quickly, I > think. > > Kerry got lambasted a year or two ago for daring to > say welcoming > things toward Diesel in our future, but hopefully, > as Americans wake > up to the fact that the diesel fuel we're using has > been second-rate > for some time now, and that the engines haven't been > as good or as > plentifull as what seems available in Europe, he'll > get a little > credit for having been on the forefront and for > having seen that, when > the fuel is cleaned up and the engines are modern, > it's a part of the > solution and no longer part of the problem. > > Also: I wonder if any of the technology which GM and > others have > devised is partly from the PNGV 80 mpg car program? > Probably, some of > it, in a way, when one takes a view of R+D as a > whole. > > > > On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 06:28:26 -0000, you wrote: > > >Here below in quotations is what GM has to say > about their new > >engine. The information is generally true because > the market > >is "forcing" engine manufacturers to come up with > cleaner burning > >engines and other new technologies such as advanced > carbeuration > >systems, etc. > > > >For the tecnical story, also go the the EMA (Engine > Manufacturers > >Assocition: > > > >website.http://www.enginemanufacturers.org/about/ > > > >GM says: > >http://gm.com/company/gmability/adv_tech/600_tt/630_today/clean_diesel > >_050103.html > >"New diesel engines, like General Motors Corp.'s > Duramax 6600, use > >electronic, high-pressure fuel injection to monitor > engine > >performance and vehicle activity, while at the same > time optimizing > >the mix of air and fuel in the combustion chamber. > When used with > >variable injection timing, a redesigned combustion > chamber and > >turbocharging, clean diesels optimize fuel > combustion, reducing the > >amount of soot and nitrogen oxide emitted. > > > >While clean diesel technology has yet to take root > in the U.S., the > >European Union has been reaping the environmental > benefits of diesel > >engines for years. According to the Washington, > D.C.-based Diesel > >Technology Forum, one of every three new cars sold > in Europe is > >powered by clean diesel technology, and in the > premium and luxury > >categories, more than 70 percent are clean diesels. > These vehicles > >produce a net effect of 30 percent to 60 percent > fewer greenhouse gas > >emissions than comparable gasoline engine models > and get > >significantly better fuel economy." GM website > > > >"Despite limited availability and lack of consumer > knowledge, nearly > >one in three new-vehicle buyers in the U.S. said > they would consider > >purchasing clean diesel technology — approximately > the same number > >that stated they had heard of the technology, > according to a J.D. > >Power and Associates survey." - GM website > > > > > > > > > >-- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, murdoch > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> GMC has been advertising this engine on TV, as > part of their "We're > >> Professional Grade" image ads. I'm just > wondering what there is > >about > >> these GM engines that is good or bad, and whether > we could see it in > >> cars. > > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Biofuels list archives: > >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list > address. > >To unsubscribe, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > >
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