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Aden
Dodge Dakota
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10/03/2003
23:07:33
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would be nice
just been checking out english jeep site
and they sell a grand cherokee wiith a 2.7crd
that has165 hp but nearly 300ft 1b of tq and its not even turbo
i would trade the 3.9 for that could do with some
35/40mpg. dodge needs to wake up and realise
not every thing in the good ole US OF A has to be bigger to be better i,am sure it would be
a good addition to the dakota line up.
and a great base for a tuning project
oh did ya guess a biased english man in florida
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Spiller
Dodge Dakota
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10/04/2003
00:22:04
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Go to Argentina and drive one back. They're built there.
I think it was the September Sport Truck that had a story on diesels in SUV's in Europe and how they may be coming here.
For some strange reason the government is constantly tightening the emissions regulations on small diesel engines to the point where it's too expensive to put one in a light truck or SUV.
Hmmmmm. Almost makes you think they're in bed with the oil companies.
Nahhh.
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easy_now
Dodge Dakota
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10/05/2003
10:49:09
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Worldwide sulfur emissions limits will be
screwed down really tight in both Europe and usa
by 2006. This reduces acid rain, and more
important for drivers/owners, improves the
controlability of diesel motors. The only
downside is the requirement to lube valves a
little differently or make them harder, because
sulfur in the old fuel had a bit of a
lubricating effect.
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rt13
Dodge Dakota
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10/05/2003
19:09:04
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it would be funny if you got one, i wanna see you try to run us grade desiel in it...
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CThomp
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10/06/2003
09:27:37
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U.S. grade diesel is supposed to be changed here soon down to 15ppt from something like 300ppt. It's the soot in diesel that makes it dirty.
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easy_now
Dodge Dakota
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10/06/2003
09:47:55
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CT, the 300 down to 15 thing is for sulfur. And
its 15ppm, not thousand. Soot has a lot of
causes, mostly having to do with how well the
ignition in the cylinder progresses. For
example, in the old days some drivers had
non-standard injectors installed in their motors
(maybe a weird length) and on acceleration huge
black clouds of soot would belch out of the
stacks. All visual effects, no other reason I
know of. The weird injector configuration
created lousy burning, so you got all that soot.
New generation diesel engines, for all sizes and
kinds of vehicles, are build different to be
much more efficient, so have less soot and
better control - but that requires a lot less
sulfur in the fuel to start with.
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