Yes. And manual.

Thank you for the education and for trying to help dispel the myth that diesels are just inherently dirty and should all be banned. Also for giving hope that there’s some really excellent technological advances still happening behind the scenes for diesel.

The only reason I mention the temperature is because on average, EGTs are generally lower in a diesel engine than a gas engine. Temperature measured before the turbo during regen, which is the hottest you’ll generally see the temperatures, tend to report around 600-700 C, which is nowhere near 2000 F. Of course,…

Most Jalops and myself:

“WHOOHOO!! Can’t wait for 15 years from now when depreciation has hit these hard enough that I can actually afford one!”

Thank you for making the title about fuel economy regulations rather than emissions. I appreciate the more accurate title.

Dave, is it really temperature dependent in NOx creation? Or is it just the fact that air, primarily made up of nitrogen and oxygen, is being displaced by already combusted/reacted exhaust gases where more of the nitrogen and oxygen molecules have now bonded with something else and therefore there’s less free gases…

This! And Sato should know better, you dont win a 500 mile superspeedway race on lap 1. Never.

Anyone at any oval can be hit in such a way that a car flies into the fence at high speeds. Part of the attraction to open wheel racing has always been the increased danger and speed.

They’re only floaty if you have air suspension and set the dampers to “comfort”. In auto and especially in sport, it hunkers down and responds to inputs just fine. The steering is a bit on the slow side, but it’s not at all floaty. It corners flatter than any other 6000 lb vehicle I’ve driven (again—if not in comfort…

I’ll harp on NASCAR itself for silly contrived things about how they run the show, but the drivers are nothing but top notch. The cars themselves are pretty odd compromises that take some very counter-intuitive setups and driving styles to actually be fast, which is why so many open wheelers seem to have a difficult…

That was a closely related engine from the EA827 family. 1.7L specifically.

1.7L EA827s also powered Dodge Omnis and Plymouth Horizons for a time too.

No, what he needs to do now is get yet another postal Jeep... specifically a 1979 model with the VAG/Porsche engine in it. :D

Sounds great... until you see what VW’s track record is with timing chains on those engines... and water pumps... and turbo wastegates that like to get all floppy... and carbon build up... and injectors that can stick open... and failure prone coil packs... rear main seals that like to come unglued and create a vacuum…

I love that particular diesel engine, though I like it more powering the lighter weight, nimbler 335d.

Just a variation on a theme. The type of gears and selectors used and the basic principles of the transmission operation are still far more like a manual transmission than a conventional automatic that uses planetary gearsets and several internal clutches and/or bands, plus torque converter to drive the oil pump and…

What they did in Germany is different than what they did here. There’s a reason why the EPA and CARB haven’t gone public with any allegations against BMW.

Well, NFS: Porsche Unleashed was pretty good, and brought back physics that were at least semi-realistic but also still approachable and easy enough. But still, that was 19 years ago...

*sigh* Need for Speed was the first racing game I really, REALLY got into when I was a kid.... in 1996. Ok, more like a tween-almost-teen.

I’d sell it before it starts slipping again.