Re: [alfa] Diesels and dollars

["Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Turbo diesels make the engine even more efficient as the EFFECTIVE 
compression ratio is higher. This does not translate directly to throttled 
gasoline engines as they commonly operate at high intake vacuum levels 
resulting in an effective compression ratio way lower than the full 
throttle theoretical.  The performance numbers for the E class gasoline and 
diesel powered cars comes from  road tests - also 
see:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4863112/

Gwynne Spencer

At 09:22 PM 5/24/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>While I have zero interest in driving any product from Daimler Chrysler, 
>with the possible exception of the Mitsubishi Evo and the extremely 
>improbable exception of the McLaren Mercedes, I ask whether the supposedly 
>superior diesel Mercedes is a turbo. If not, then I accept I am mistaken 
>about the superiority of gasoline power for passenger cars. If, as I 
>suspect, the Mercedes is supercharged then I maintain my position that 
>equivalent gasoline engines are more suitable for passenger cars than any 
>diesel. If the engine is the same sized, turbo'd, etc then the gasoline 
>powered car should be quicker.
>
>
>Michael Smith
>White 1991 164L
>Original owner
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