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Originally Posted by UncleBob
Supra's have gotten well over 1200hp from their little 3.0L engines for example. Or an even smaller engine to use as a measuring stick, busa's are 1.3L that have made over 700hp
I agree that diesels have their advantages, but this skewed way of comparing them to make-believe there's a simple 1:1 ratio between the two for power is plain silly.
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yes, this is true,
but...
your 'busa with 700 hp and 30 psi of boost is only making about 150lb-ft of torque. definitely not 1400 lb-ft.
what you are ignoring is that power is a function of torque multiplied by revs.
the only reason that a 'busa makes 700 hp is because it revs the piss out of it.
if a diesel engine were to rev to 14,000+ rpms, it would make more power than a gas engine and we would all drive diesels.
curtis's comparison was inacurate.
instead of comparing funnycars and tractor-pull monsters, why not look to lemans for our answer.
there, audi is running a v12 TDI that is winning races over gas engines.\
