Rumored ‘Big-Block’ Duramax Diesel Could Be 8.3L and We’re Off the Rails Now::You’d expect diesel engines to get smaller as time goes on, but recent reports claim GM’s truck power plant could grow by more than a liter.

  • Marcbmann@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    If you read the article, you would see that larger diesel engines have lower emissions due to reduced compression ratios.

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      9 months ago

      So big vehicles are good now. Can’t wait for cigarettes to get good again.

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        9 months ago

        An engine increasing in size by 1 liter does not make the vehicle itself larger. These vehicles exist, that is not changing. Manufacturers are working to make these engines more efficient.

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      9 months ago

      If you read the article, you would see that

      if you believe the entirely baseless claim in that article, …

      There you go.

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        9 months ago

        If you don’t understand mechanical engineering and take your own knowledge of engines as being better than the calculations of literal engineers…