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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>Useable power band is the rpm range you state – 3k to 5k. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>1100NM of torque is a whole lot! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'>I’ve been to Le Mans when these cars were participating, and they sounded like giant vacuum cleaners. It was horrible. I stopped attending the 24 hours race shortly after <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#37424A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> michaelsavga@gmail.com [mailto:michaelsavga@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>michael@michaelshortt.com<br><b>Sent:</b> jueves, 13 de febrero de 2014 20:48<br><b>To:</b> Charles McCall<br><b>Cc:</b> detomaso@poca.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DeTomaso] NPC : Diesel redline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>I found one answer.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>3,000 - 5,000 rpms for the audi engine / 650 hp<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><a href="http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112231/article.html">http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_112231/article.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>Michael Shortt<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:39 PM, <a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com">michael@michaelshortt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelshortt.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>Good questions, my guess is that it has something to do with the fact that a diesel has a much longer stroke than a gas engine,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>there isn't enough time to make as many RPM's because the piston travels a lot more on every trip around.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>Michael Shortt.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Charles McCall <<a href="mailto:charlesmccall@gmail.com" target="_blank">charlesmccall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi all</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Driving home in my (diesel) car this evening and had nothing better to do than look at my tach. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Why don’t diesel cars rev as high as petrol powered cars? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Because they can’t, or because they don’t need to? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>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…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>What is redline of the Le Mans winning Audi?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>_______________________________________________<br><br>Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br><br>DeTomaso mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com" target="_blank">DeTomaso@poca.com</a><br><a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com" target="_blank">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>-- <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Michael L. Shortt<br>Savannah, Georgia<br><a href="http://www.michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">www.michaelshortt.com</a><br><a href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com" target="_blank">michael@michaelshortt.com</a><br><a href="tel:912-232-9390" target="_blank">912-232-9390</a><br><br> <br>This email is protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy<br>Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally<br>privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified<br>that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this<br>communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you<br>have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>-- <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Michael L. 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