RE: Continent compression (ignition) | Six of the Best
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E90_M3Ross said:
A list of 6 cars which are made better if they have a good petrol engine in.....
Better subjectively in your opinion and indeed others but...................For others like me with a limited budget and a specific criteria their car needs to meet, objectively they absolutely are not
varsas said:
I was waiting for the 640d to be mentioned. More torque than the twin-turbo petrol V8, and way ahead of the equivelent Mercedes 350d (250ishbhp vs 313bhp) and really not far off the Alpina D5 S. Was it the first production diesel with more than 100bhp/litre?
Was always a bit odd that DB took so long to come to the 300+hp diesel party (save for their wonky V8) and never built a TT version of the V6 - it's not like it was magic. And now BMW seems to be getting out of that sort of thing.It's as if their respective marketing teams have completely different views on what people will buy at a given point in time, or how best to dovetail certain engines into their emissions strategies.
Checkmate said:
Stick Legs said:
Diesel is brilliant in applications where sustained running at near constant revs is required, or where it’s lack of volatility in storage makes it preferable to other fuels, or where it’s great energy density is a practical requirement.
Petrol is best in applications that require a more responsive engine to throttle inputs.
That doesn't run on diesel.Petrol is best in applications that require a more responsive engine to throttle inputs.
How do I put this politely.
They do.
Even if they are running on heavy fuel oil it is still a 2 stroke diesel engine.
They have to start and stop on diesel.
MotorSpeak said:
Regardless of which one you brought you’d only be telling the world you’re tight and couldn’t give a fig about NoX clogging up children’s lungs.
Or that you can’t get the right word to describe having made a purchase vs the past tense of the word bring, I.e to move something.Stick Legs said:
Checkmate said:
Stick Legs said:
Diesel is brilliant in applications where sustained running at near constant revs is required, or where it’s lack of volatility in storage makes it preferable to other fuels, or where it’s great energy density is a practical requirement.
Petrol is best in applications that require a more responsive engine to throttle inputs.
That doesn't run on diesel.Petrol is best in applications that require a more responsive engine to throttle inputs.
How do I put this politely.
They do.
Even if they are running on heavy fuel oil it is still a 2 stroke diesel engine.
They have to start and stop on diesel.
This is a basic view of how fractional distillation works. As you can see the diesel fuel comes a bit higher up as it is a thinner fuel than that which the ships run on, as you say, heavy fuel oil. Yes the engines run on the same principle as diesel engines but it is entirely wrong to suggest that the two fuels are the same thing.
Never liked the Bentley Benteyga but with age they've really grown on me. I did know they had a diesel in the range but didn't know it was so powerful is it right 4.0 V8 produces 542 BHP God if that's right been in a Bentley it will be as quiet as a church mouse and probably does double mog to the equivalent petrol V8.
Seems like a bargain for a car that at 5 years oldish will have cost well north of £150 grand.
On the list of cars for sale as someone who worked on Landrover Engines for a living a 5 grand L322 Range Rover is just asking for trouble you need the 5000 cost as a yearly slush fund when regularly big bills appear.
The CLS at £5000 seems like a lot of car for the money but is a CLS at that price like the Range Rover possibly a money pit does seem to have had quite a lot of owners for a 12/13 years old motor.
Seems like a bargain for a car that at 5 years oldish will have cost well north of £150 grand.
On the list of cars for sale as someone who worked on Landrover Engines for a living a 5 grand L322 Range Rover is just asking for trouble you need the 5000 cost as a yearly slush fund when regularly big bills appear.
The CLS at £5000 seems like a lot of car for the money but is a CLS at that price like the Range Rover possibly a money pit does seem to have had quite a lot of owners for a 12/13 years old motor.
Checkmate said:
Stick Legs said:
Checkmate said:
Stick Legs said:
Diesel is brilliant in applications where sustained running at near constant revs is required, or where it’s lack of volatility in storage makes it preferable to other fuels, or where it’s great energy density is a practical requirement.
Petrol is best in applications that require a more responsive engine to throttle inputs.
That doesn't run on diesel.Petrol is best in applications that require a more responsive engine to throttle inputs.
How do I put this politely.
They do.
Even if they are running on heavy fuel oil it is still a 2 stroke diesel engine.
They have to start and stop on diesel.
This is a basic view of how fractional distillation works. As you can see the diesel fuel comes a bit higher up as it is a thinner fuel than that which the ships run on, as you say, heavy fuel oil. Yes the engines run on the same principle as diesel engines but it is entirely wrong to suggest that the two fuels are the same thing.
Veg oil, paraffin, gas oil, fuel oil, lube oil.
It’s still a Diesel.
My chemistry GCSE covered the fractional distillation bit.
28 years at sea, lots of it on big container ships covers the rest.
They are diesel engines.
Edited by Stick Legs on Monday 29th May 02:10
Stick Legs said:
|https://thumbsnap.com/HgQufAna[/url]F10 BMW 530d
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jason61c said:
MotorSpeak said:
Regardless of which one you brought you’d only be telling the world you’re tight and couldn’t give a fig about NoX clogging up children’s lungs.
Sand in your vagina?You’ll find that the oil burners sell for more money as not as many are sold new.
d - just like I said. And yes I typo’d ‘brought’ instead of ‘bought’ ffs.
otolith said:
A diesel engine doesn’t necessarily run on diesel.
Well it sort of does. The term "diesel engine" certainly isn't analogous to "petrol engine", it's analogous to "spark ignition engine". However "diesel fuel" is any fuel designed to run in a diesel engine, including heavy shipping oil; what we colloquially call "diesel" is properly called "EN-590 ultra low sulphur diesel fuel". kambites said:
otolith said:
A diesel engine doesn’t necessarily run on diesel.
Well it sort of does. The term "diesel engine" certainly isn't analogous to "petrol engine", it's analogous to "spark ignition engine". However "diesel fuel" is any fuel designed to run in a diesel engine, including heavy shipping oil; what we colloquially call "diesel" is properly called "EN-590 ultra low sulphur diesel fuel". 
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