6.6 V8 Diesel Sports car 0-60 3.9 secs

Lol, diesel sports car, whatever next? I don't trust any car which has any sort of usable power below 5,000rpm.

Back in my day diesels were only used in agricultural vehicles. They're all slow and noisy, they have no right on our roads - I say send them back!
 
DannyW said:
Hi modern diesels arnt that heavy anymore, the new Focus 2.0 TDCI is lighter then my old 1.8 TDCI.
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Kerb weight of Ford 2.0 TDCI is 1,426 Kg while Focus 2.5T ST is only 1,317 Kg.

Thats more than 100kg added in your bonnet! Not good for twisty backroad.
 
you could get 520 lb/ft torque out of a NA petrol engine that size. it would also make a lot more horsepower, weigh less and rev mugh higher!

cant see how that make 230mph either with those power figures, it would have to have ridicuously low drag coefficient.
 
TomO said:
you could get 520 lb/ft torque out of a NA petrol engine that size. it would also make a lot more horsepower, weigh less and rev mugh higher!

cant see how that make 230mph either with those power figures, it would have to have ridicuously low drag coefficient.
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Yeah, to be fair there's something odd about it all.

You can get similar figures from the BMW 3.0 twin turbo diesel engine which I imagine would be a hell of a lot lighter.
 
TomO said:
you could get 520 lb/ft torque out of a NA petrol engine that size. it would also make a lot more horsepower, weigh less and rev mugh higher!

cant see how that make 230mph either with those power figures, it would have to have ridicuously low drag coefficient.
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What he said.
 
Mmm, I don't see the point.

OK diesel is OK in terms of performance for a quicker motorway muncher, but I can't see it ever working properly in a true sports car.
 
I think diesel has some attractions for performance motoring, mainly around its sheer flexibility and torque, but it lacks the visceral excitement of a high performance, high revving petrol engine, which is an important part in any sports car to my mind.
 
housemaster said:
I think diesel has some attractions for performance motoring, mainly around its sheer flexibility and torque
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Torque yes but flexibility??
I would say it's the opposite with its narrow powerband and inability to rev.

The only attraction I see is it's lower fuel consumption meaning it can be out on track longer per tank.
 
I wonder if i can get one on the company allowance, after all its "economical"
or at least it is on paper ;)
 
Hmm, max torque at 1800 rpm and it prolly revs to 5500, giving you 3700 rpm of usable rev range. Bikes only have 4 or 5000 rpm of usable rev range (and when i say usable obviousley i mean on the track:p)
 
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