Originally Posted by Turby2
How come cars with turbo diesel engines go up hills so much better than NA engines ?
They dont if they are similar power and you are in the correct gear in both.
You just PERCEIVE that they go up a hill better cause in the petrol you have to change down 2 gears to get any torque at the wheels.
But once both are in the correct gear, with equal power they will both climb equally well.
Petrol one woudl blow up sooner though if hill was long enough, as you are raping it at high rpm to get it to work, but until that happens, it would do the job equally well.