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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Oct 2008
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Another diesel OB
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:17:46 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:53:54 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:
Then again, your point is well taken - the whole point of diesels is
lots of power at low rpms.
Wrongo. The only point is economy. If not for that they wouldn't even
exist. As for low RPM Arrow makes a 25 hp, 396 CID spark engine. One
cylinder. Designed to run for fifty years at 300 RPM with
maintainance,usually just an oil change, once a year. You can get a
1000 hp diesel that size. The diesel is lighter.
That's a good point. In fact, I've seen one of those engines a while
back.
However, I would still point out that while economy is an important
feature, it's still torgue and horsepower at low rpms. Otherwise, what
would be the point?
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