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Hey, I am working on a project and yahoo answers hasn't been much help. I am building a light weight race truck and I was hoping someone in here had heard of a high horse power diesel engine that wasn't heavier then the rest of the truck :)
Frostfire said:Hey, I am working on a project and yahoo answers hasn't been much help. I am building a light weight race truck and I was hoping someone in here had heard of a high horse power diesel engine that wasn't heavier then the rest of the truck :)
Vale-46 said:The latest diesel engines in cars are dropping their compression ratios and becoming more like petrol engines so a mechanic friend was telling me. So I'd say look for the engines with lower compression ratios.
Vale-46 said:Additionally, the Abrahams tanks that can do something like 50km/h run on a turbine engine that uses diesel as a fuel. Turbine engines generally have a better power to weight ratio as far as I know.
Vale-46 said:Otherwise check out the details of the Audi R10 Prototype GT car and the Peugeot equivalent. Both ought to have high power to weight ratios as they are being raced (and doing well) in the LeMans 24hr and GT races.