Do You Think There Will Ever Be A Diesel Rally Car?
10-01-2008, 12:40 AM
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Do You Think There Will Ever Be A Diesel Rally Car?
I was reading in another thread, someone mentioned rally cars need lots of torque? Would a 300bhp diesel engine not produce allot more torque than the equivalent petrol engine? Or would it not work because of the narrower power band?
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10-01-2008, 06:10 AM
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There will be eventually in the larger rallys. SCOOB. There's loads competing in the lesser rallys.
WTCC had diesel SEATs running successfully last season and they held their own against a lot of the BMWs.
WTCC had diesel SEATs running successfully last season and they held their own against a lot of the BMWs.
10-01-2008, 06:10 AM
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there is (sort of anyway)
not quite WRC cars but there was 2 or 3 derv cars in this years wales rally GB and 1 was an ASTRA ! no power and didn't go round corners in fact on the special stage the first corner it got to was understeer all the way , second was a handbrake tweaked U turn !
not quite WRC cars but there was 2 or 3 derv cars in this years wales rally GB and 1 was an ASTRA ! no power and didn't go round corners in fact on the special stage the first corner it got to was understeer all the way , second was a handbrake tweaked U turn !
10-01-2008, 08:45 AM
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yea vw & skoda both do deisel rally cars, cant see why they wont
become more popular, get good torque with less bhp which is what
most rally car engines produce
become more popular, get good torque with less bhp which is what
most rally car engines produce
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10-01-2008, 11:06 AM
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I recall a conversation i had with an old American friend of mine some time back in 2000.
Upon letting him listen to a BMW straight 6 2.5 Diesel engine (it sounded quite petrol like when revved) i then explained to him that Diesels are the future.
He disagreed.
What does he know eh?
Upon letting him listen to a BMW straight 6 2.5 Diesel engine (it sounded quite petrol like when revved) i then explained to him that Diesels are the future.
He disagreed.
What does he know eh?
10-01-2008, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by KSA-Cossie
No cos they're to expensive to run with the price of diesel just now. 
10-01-2008, 01:32 PM
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If the Le Mans 24 hour race is anything to go by then it will be a success. Both Audi and Peugeot run diesel power and they are fast. Boring as hell though with no noise, just a whistle as it goes past. 
one of my lecturers is in motorsport and was at the lemans with these 2 audi's, they spilt loads of diesel and it evaporated very fookin fast!
but yeah turbo diesels i would say are on par with the equivelent power non-turbo petrol
10-01-2008, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by CossieRich
If the Le Mans 24 hour race is anything to go by then it will be a success. Both Audi and Peugeot run diesel power and they are fast. Boring as hell though with no noise, just a whistle as it goes past.
one of my lecturers is in motorsport and was at the lemans with these 2 audi's, they spilt loads of diesel and it evaporated very fookin fast!
but yeah turbo diesels i would say are on par with the equivelent power non-turbo petrol
turbo diesel technology is evolving way quicker than the equivalent petrol engine technology
10-01-2008, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Turbo Diesel engines are the future.
10-01-2008, 02:47 PM
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Fantastic response, I expected to be laughed at. The Diva, do you have any information, spec of the VW? Thanks.
I agree diesels are the future, my friends will wipe the floor with my petrol, mine has no advantage what so ever and he still does twice the mpg.
The Diva, do you have any information, spec of the VW? Thanks. I agree diesels are the future, my friends will wipe the floor with my petrol, mine has no advantage what so ever and he still does twice the mpg.
10-01-2008, 03:02 PM
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http://homepage.virgin.net/shalco.com/golf_tdi.htm
Neil Simpson was majorly involved in the development of the Golf Tdi rally car and it was very competitive....
Neil Simpson was majorly involved in the development of the Golf Tdi rally car and it was very competitive....
10-01-2008, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
turbo diesel technology is evolving way quicker than the equivalent petrol engine technology
All you are saying is we are now developing something quickly that we have previously ignored
FYI I have a diesel and it is the future
It is also fucking boring
Stu can you explain for simpletons like me why we cant have diesels that rev hard and make power at revs? Is it to do with the way diesel is burnt under compression?
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