[DeTomaso] NPC : Diesel redline

michael at michaelshortt.com michael at michaelshortt.com
Thu Feb 13 17:37:25 EST 2014


I'm not sure that a diesel engine is even capable of rpms beyond 5,000.

Can't find any that report anything in excess of that.

Here's an interesting one.

http://www.bankspower.com/magazines/show/535-diesel-land-speed-record-%E2%80%94-goal-of-project-sidewinder

Michael Shortt


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

> With more torque allows them to be geared different so they do not have to
> rev as high.
>
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> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>>
>>
>> Driving home in my (diesel) car this evening and had nothing better to do
>> than look at my tach.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why don't diesel cars rev as high as petrol powered cars?
>>
>> Because they can't, or because they don't need to?
>>
>>
>>
>> With much more low-end torque than a gas car, they don't need to rev as
>> high to move along. Is it their cam selection that makes all that low end
>> torque and limits revs or something specific to the diesel technology? If
>> it were cam selection, they could do the same to a gas engine I suppose...
>>
>>
>>
>> What is redline of the Le Mans winning Audi?
>>
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