There are very few engine configurations that promiseincreased fuel economy and power.
There are fewengines that offer this in addition to reliability.
Today, those across the ocean are enjoying the fruits of diesel technology revolution.
Diesels have experienced a great history here in theUnited States.
In 1980, General Motors modified their 350ci gas [...]
Diesel engines offer the lowest specific fuel usage of any other large internal combustion engine.
Thefact remains, two-stroke diesels with high pressureforced induction, particularly turbo charging, make up a large percentage of the largest diesel engines.
Throughout North America, diesel engines are generallyused in larger trucks, where the low stress, highefficiency cycle will lead to [...]
Most efficient overall - Honda Insight hybridWith 60 mpg city and 66 mpg highway, the Honda hybridhas top honors as most fuel efficient in the UnitedStates.
With a 1.
0 gas engine mated to an electricmotor, the insight was designed to make the mostof the power by using low resistance tires.
Thebad things about [...]
Diesel is often looked at as being smelly, noisy, andmany think the only place for it is in a tractor.
Thetruth to diesel vehicles is that they are slow, noisy,smelly, although they are cheaper to run than gas.
Diesel engines aren’t as powerful as gas engines, asgas engines produce more horsepower than that of [...]
With the ever increasing cost of gasoline prices, auto makers are having to work overtime to costeffictively improve the fuel economy, while stillmeeting the strict emission requirements of todaywith gasoline engines.
One ideal and promising way to boost the fuel economy of gas engines is to add hydrogen to thefuel/air mixture in the engine.
Since [...]
These days, gasoline prices may be crimping youryour household budget.
You may like to reducethe U.
S.
dollars that flow to the Middle East foroil, or perhaps you are motivated by your concernfor the environment, or even the nagging realitythat oil is a depleting resource that shouldn’tbe wasted.
Fuel economyTo put it into prospective, the fuel [...]
As you may know, diesel engines aren’t somethingyou should take lightly.
There are good reasonswhy the rush to put them in cars back in the 70sflopped.
Diesel isn’t the ideal power source forall applications.
Engine speedDiesel engines gained the reputation for long service life early on in the history of the engines, [...]
A diesel engine will go much farther on a gallonof fuel that the standard gasoline engine because of their designs, and due to the higherenergy density of a gallon of diesel fuel.
But,it also takes a bit more oil to manufacture agallon of diesel than a gallon of gas, with the production and refining [...]
