Diesel or Petrol engines?

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and why not, the T-34 had a diesel, it was one of the best tanks of the war and the cold didn't slow it atall, unlike the germans tanks..................

 

[cheddar cheese]

yes but tanks werent exactly designed for acceleration speed or handling

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

no, but could you imagine a petrol tank, it coulod barley move through lack of tourque.................

 

[cheddar cheese]

petrol engines do have a lot of torque - take the bentey continental gt 8) bentley were unable to measure it cos it kept breaking the machine 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes, a bently tank, it would be couvered in leather, aerodynamic, no gun as it would look ugly................

 

[cheddar cheese]

all bentleys are tanks anyway i wasnt intending if they were to make a tank, i was just using its engine as an example of how petrol engines can have high torque 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but not as high as a diesil...................

 

[cheddar cheese]

yup - some petrol engines have just as much torque, some even more 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

so why is it you never hear of a petrol tractor..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

diesels are generally more reliable and are easier to maintain 8) unless you get a big block chevy v8 -easiet and most simple engine ever 8)

 

[kiwimac]

There are many, many petrol tractors!

Kiwimac

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

petrol engines do have a lot of torque - take the bentey continental gt 8) bentley were unable to measure it cos it kept breaking the machine 8)

doesnt that ugly heap o' crap have 580ft/lb or something like that of torque?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

There are many, many petrol tractors!

i've never seen a petrol tractor in my life!!!!!!!

 

[cheddar cheese]

petrol engines do have a lot of torque - take the bentey continental gt 8) bentley were unable to measure it cos it kept breaking the machine 8)

doesnt that ugly heap o' crap have 580ft/lb or something like that of torque?

i think its over 600 and i wouldnt say it was ugly, just "overweight"

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you see, and that was with a petrol, if it was a diesil, it would be as light as a feather................

 

[cheddar cheese]

it wouldnt ind im talking overweight as in styling though the bentley is very heavy 8) and somehow i dont think bentley would use a diesel, british manufacturers tend to avoid oil burners

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ha! i've never seen a oil burner powered car...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

oil burner = what traders call diesels 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ah! i see, you could have told me that, i saw the strangest think today diesil's 1p more expensive than petrol..........

 

[cheddar cheese]

i know the only way to save money in a diesel is to run it for a good few years, as the majority of diesel cars cost a couple of hundred £ more than thier petrol equivalent 8)