Turbo Diesel Mustang?
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Turbo Diesel Mustang?
A piece in Autoblog toys with the idea. Before you laugh it off, consider if Ford's 3.0 Eurodiesel were used:
Maybe not so crazy after all.
Look how well the BMW 335d goes.
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/04/06...urope-someday/
- 3.0 liters
- 270 hp
- 443 lb/ft torque
- 34.6 mpg combined in a big, fat Jag XF
Maybe not so crazy after all.
Look how well the BMW 335d goes.
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/04/06...urope-someday/
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A piece in Autoblog toys with the idea. Before you laugh it off, consider if Ford's 3.0 Eurodiesel were used:
Maybe not so crazy after all.
Look how well the BMW 335d goes.
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/04/06...urope-someday/
- 3.0 liters
- 270 hp
- 443 lb/ft torque
- 34.6 mpg combined in a big, fat Jag XF
Maybe not so crazy after all.
Look how well the BMW 335d goes.
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/04/06...urope-someday/
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I would love to have that engine in a stang, it would easily beat the 3.7L in the 1/4 due to the huge torque advantage. Diesel not longer has the ruff sound it used to have.
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Look at this moron's comment from autoblog
Originally Posted by Moron
f*** diesel. that's just a short sighted fix. there is only so much diesel, rest is gasoline. converting gasoline to diesel can be done but not free of energy cost.
what they can do with this hill billy vehicle is... you guessed it. make it an aerodynamic fiber glass monocoque construction with very potent battery electric drive and a tiny 2 cylinder cruise range extender.
0-100km/h in 3 seconds is easily possible with little cost.
what they can do with this hill billy vehicle is... you guessed it. make it an aerodynamic fiber glass monocoque construction with very potent battery electric drive and a tiny 2 cylinder cruise range extender.
0-100km/h in 3 seconds is easily possible with little cost.
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I think it would be slick to have that diesel in a Mustang but it's not going to happen. Not unless the CAFE standard goes up above 40 MPG and that won't happen for a long time.
My Dad wants a 335D, he is a diesel lover, has his big F350 PowerStroke.
My Dad wants a 335D, he is a diesel lover, has his big F350 PowerStroke.
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I don't know. Using diesel and Mustang in the same sentence might make a lot of people's heads explode.
*does not compute* *does not compute* *error* *error* **BOOM**
*does not compute* *does not compute* *error* *error* **BOOM**
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Needs to be more Astony
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I'd always have a good old-fashioned gasline burning V8 Mustang (or two) for fun on the weekends, but a diesel Mustang that would approach 40 mpg on the highway would be great for a daily driver and trip car. The engine note would take some getting used to though.
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- A lot of older diesels that were rather overbuilt with lots of heavy iron components. I recall my dad's old Mercedes 300TD where the 3 liter, 5 banger's engine block looked like something out of a tramp steamer. Undoubtedly weighed a ton but they lasted forever -- takes a few hundred thousand miles just to break these things in on your way to a service life well over 500,000.
- A lot of diesel engines, at least on this side of the pond, are found in heavy duty commercial vehicles and trucks. Hence, big heavy duty motors that would be that way whether diesel or gasoline fueled.
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I am sure some of you have seen this mustang, but it still amazes me 9s and 35mpg with a Duramax. I have been itching to do this same engine swap in a C5 Corvette.
http://www.dieselpowermag.com/featur...s_express.html
http://www.dieselpowermag.com/featur...s_express.html
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i am currently driving to work in a 2009 VW jetta TDI 6MT
redline is 4500 but like stated already trans ratios are taller, i shift no later than ~2400 rpm in 1st-3rd gears and can lug it around at 1200rpm in any upper gear
i don't drive like prious drivers
i would have liked 6th a few hundred rpm taller, 2100rpm=70mph
once cruising over 2000rpm, mileage goes down
last tank was ~44.6 mpg, some other drivers claim close to 50mpg but again, i don't drive like prious drivers
i top off tank the same way every time and reset the tripmeter then calculate miles/gals
the dash mileage computer is accurate also, currently showing i may go 665 miles
i've never been able to get more than 14.8 gals in, bubbled to the filler neck top
as far as weight, my TDI is listed as 3285lbs
the gas 2.5s is listed as 3228lbs
you can tell it makes a different sound but no clatter like what you think, most noise is at idle
the more it winds up the quieter it gets, no turbo whistle at all
lots of torque, 236 lb-ft=no downshifting
went fender to fender from 6th gear with a 85-86ish 305 iroc camaro from a 60mph roll until he backed off at 120
diesel in a mustang? it could work but make it an option
redline is 4500 but like stated already trans ratios are taller, i shift no later than ~2400 rpm in 1st-3rd gears and can lug it around at 1200rpm in any upper gear
i don't drive like prious drivers
i would have liked 6th a few hundred rpm taller, 2100rpm=70mph
once cruising over 2000rpm, mileage goes down
last tank was ~44.6 mpg, some other drivers claim close to 50mpg but again, i don't drive like prious drivers
i top off tank the same way every time and reset the tripmeter then calculate miles/gals
the dash mileage computer is accurate also, currently showing i may go 665 miles
i've never been able to get more than 14.8 gals in, bubbled to the filler neck top
as far as weight, my TDI is listed as 3285lbs
the gas 2.5s is listed as 3228lbs
you can tell it makes a different sound but no clatter like what you think, most noise is at idle
the more it winds up the quieter it gets, no turbo whistle at all
lots of torque, 236 lb-ft=no downshifting
went fender to fender from 6th gear with a 85-86ish 305 iroc camaro from a 60mph roll until he backed off at 120
diesel in a mustang? it could work but make it an option