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Originally Posted by enkeivette
And how does that question conceivably tie into anything? Your argument could only be that evidence that a gas engine easily spins past redline isnt evidence that a diesel will. 
Sometimes I feel like people want to argue with me just to prove something to themselves. Fine you win, diesels unlike gas engines magically explode if you spin them into the red. Im bored with this. |
Maybe people want to argue with you because you goaded the argument in the first place?
There are many engines, that will NEVER see 5250 or even 1250, it's a fact plain and simple. Comparing a diesel engine to a gas engine doesnt work either, different combustion processes, how can you expect to spin a diesel faster without increasing fuel? And what happens when you increase fuel past the point of acceptable airflow? Its not going to stop spinning, it will flood and bog or run lean and pop, neither will help get it to a higher rpm. Add boost and sure it will happen, but not under atmospheric pressure alone.