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Small diesel truck - at last
Before Ford had a diesel for their pickup's a friend of mine bought a new Ford conversion van, an E-250, I think. They loved the room, the ride, towing capacity, and all that but the thing drank gas like a fish.
He had a "Friend" who convinced him to let him take the gas engine out an install a diesel, sounded great, yep do the business. WRONG!!!
I don't remember what kind of a diesel engine it was, but everything kinda went to SXXX. Spent a ton having a conversion bell housing made, custom engine mounts, none of the accessory drives,( alternator, AC pump, radiator fan ) lined up. The Ford tranny shifted at the worng points, rear end gearing was wrong., on and on. The freinship was strained to say the least and the van got parked under a tree. Frank.
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Small diesel truck - at last
OK, I'm not an engeneer or a chemest, so shoot me down if I'm wrong
We have an 08 Impalla, an 07 Silverado, and an 07 Trailblazer We also grow corn so I shouldn't even be saying this, but here goes. I think the computer controled fuel injected engines we have now only consume enought BTU's of energy from the fuel whether it is straight gasoline, having the most BTU's to any blend of gasoline and ethanol, having less BTU's per gallon to provide the amount of combustion pressures needed to propell the car, truck, or whatever. So however it works out on a cost per mile basis not a cost per gallon basis is what counts.
I do keep pretty good track of fuel mileage on all the units and yes straight gasoline does improve mileage, but it is not always the least cost per mile. Frank.
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OK, you guys want to split hairs on the fuel mileage thing?
There use to be an old guy around town who was a bit wacko anyhow, but he wouldn't fill the gas tank in his car beyond half full. He said he wasn't going to burn gas to haul an extra ten gallons of gas around that he didn't need. I think he weighed around three hundred but he didn't leave part of himself at home, he took all of himself along.
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