G'day , the notion that a diesel will not loose speed on hills etc I wish were true. a couple of weekends ago I was towing a trailer , had a huge head wind and had four adults in the car on a big hill doing 60 km/hr.:headwall:
Turbo diesel td 42, but to its defence the boost was only set to 4 psi, and needs to be dynoed etc intercooled
So either way, petrol and diesel, your tryng to push probably 4 ton up a steep hill, so on the flat with no head wind , your vehicle needs to doing it at probably 50% capacity so there is plenty in reserve when theload doubled etc. I didn't do any calculations, any engineer could determine work involved to lift 4 tonne 1000 feet etc. At 100kmhr most of the engines power is going into overcoming wind resistance ,
Mind you a week later, with 8psi of boost , no trailer, a slight tailbreeze and cool damp wet weather and only me in the car I was still doing 110 km/hr at the top of most of them.
I have another gq with a tb42 , and if money wasn't an issue , I be researching a Sprintex supercharger or similar.
Cheers Greg
Turbo diesel td 42, but to its defence the boost was only set to 4 psi, and needs to be dynoed etc intercooled
So either way, petrol and diesel, your tryng to push probably 4 ton up a steep hill, so on the flat with no head wind , your vehicle needs to doing it at probably 50% capacity so there is plenty in reserve when theload doubled etc. I didn't do any calculations, any engineer could determine work involved to lift 4 tonne 1000 feet etc. At 100kmhr most of the engines power is going into overcoming wind resistance ,
Mind you a week later, with 8psi of boost , no trailer, a slight tailbreeze and cool damp wet weather and only me in the car I was still doing 110 km/hr at the top of most of them.
I have another gq with a tb42 , and if money wasn't an issue , I be researching a Sprintex supercharger or similar.
Cheers Greg
