Evo X the last?
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You guys praising diesels are forgetting something huge- Those fast diesels are all big displacement. With the whole green image, they are not going to make it big displacement. Worse, diesels don't sell in the USA, it'd make the X the last USA Evo. Let's wait and see what they really do!
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You guys praising diesels are forgetting something huge- Those fast diesels are all big displacement. With the whole green image, they are not going to make it big displacement. Worse, diesels don't sell in the USA, it'd make the X the last USA Evo. Let's wait and see what they really do!
BMW is taking a step forward in moving the diesel towards consumers in the USA for 2011. They are trying to prove that the noise, the smoke, and the power loss is now a thing of the past.
So we will see what the market does.
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To Aaron, I understand what modified VW diesels have done, but compared to a modified 4G63 or a 4B11, and they look very weak. Current Evo owners are going to be viewing it like that.
With Mitsu going green, they are not going to put a large displacement diesel in the Evo, no way. A 2 liter isn't going to pull it off.
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problem with diesel is they run out of breath way to quickly and i don't see how mitsu can change that fact.
One of the best performance diesel availiable in NA is the 335d's engine and it just feels very dull. Yes the torque is like a v8 but you only get it for few sec. Plus diesel engines sound horrrible
One of the best performance diesel availiable in NA is the 335d's engine and it just feels very dull. Yes the torque is like a v8 but you only get it for few sec. Plus diesel engines sound horrrible
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problem with diesel is they run out of breath way to quickly and i don't see how mitsu can change that fact.
One of the best performance diesel availiable in NA is the 335d's engine and it just feels very dull. Yes the torque is like a v8 but you only get it for few sec. Plus diesel engines sound horrrible
One of the best performance diesel availiable in NA is the 335d's engine and it just feels very dull. Yes the torque is like a v8 but you only get it for few sec. Plus diesel engines sound horrrible
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problem with diesel is they run out of breath way to quickly and i don't see how mitsu can change that fact.
One of the best performance diesel availiable in NA is the 335d's engine and it just feels very dull. Yes the torque is like a v8 but you only get it for few sec. Plus diesel engines sound horrrible
One of the best performance diesel availiable in NA is the 335d's engine and it just feels very dull. Yes the torque is like a v8 but you only get it for few sec. Plus diesel engines sound horrrible
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R10 turns 6500 in race trim, the production version in the Q7 still revs to 4500 and makes peak power at 3750. Now admittedly thats pretty lame, but even race 12v cummins turn over 5k, there are Duramax motors over 6k. A smaller (2.8-3.0) that makes 300bhp should make 450 ft lbs pretty easy. With a 6 speed auto (not SST hopefully) it should be pretty ripper.
RPM and diesels is all about injection pressure and common rails have that in heaps. A Dmax for instance is over 22,000psi. Better atomization is a faster burn rate. Then add boost and see what happens
I will trade my Evo and left ******** on a TDi Evo if its close enough to my dream.
RPM and diesels is all about injection pressure and common rails have that in heaps. A Dmax for instance is over 22,000psi. Better atomization is a faster burn rate. Then add boost and see what happens
I will trade my Evo and left ******** on a TDi Evo if its close enough to my dream.
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I could see them going the turbodiesel route, but I don't think they are quite ready to make the jump. I think we'll see electric motors in the front (or rear) along with another gas engine with DI added next time around - that is unless the X is the last car.
They would need to make a radical jump in development of the SST so it can handle the torque of a diesel engine, especially when people start modding them - or make a very robust 6 speed with close gears and an extra tall overdrive.
They would need to make a radical jump in development of the SST so it can handle the torque of a diesel engine, especially when people start modding them - or make a very robust 6 speed with close gears and an extra tall overdrive.