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Great thread with cool info..KenB, could you provide any more info/details on the small block diesels you mentioned coming out?? Thanks
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Hey Blalckfin.
What meant was that 1 out of every 2 cars sold in europe these days is a diesel or turbo diesel. The "car sized" diesel engine blocks were what I was referring to.
Japan basically decided that there was no way to make clean burning diesels and in the 1990's basically outlawed diesels in consumer cars and SUVs. (My uncle had to get rid of his diesel 4 runner.) With hybrid transmissions and commonrail technology, it sounds like clean diesel may actually work. I think I saw a nissan SUV with diesel recently, and I know there is diesel Tundra on the way. I bet a small block diesel in a prius could approach 100 mpg.
And the MEG looks sweet. 30K is a lot for an engine, but if you can burn mcd's fry oil in it, I am all for it.