[geeks] Race Tracks

[Michael Parson]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 01:17:06PM -0500, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> Sandwich Maker wrote:
>> liberty diesel, or home grown?
>
> 2005 Liberty CRD
>
>> only 28?  the renault-powered cherokees were rated 32.
>
> Different engine tuning.
>
> The Renault engine was a passenger car engine tuned for fuel economy at
> the expense of power, the VM Motori CRD in my Jeep is a light truck &
> industrial (agriculture) engine, and is tuned for massive amounts of
> low-end torque at the expense of fuel economy.
>
> Most 4cyl diesels make V6-levels of torque (220-ish lb-ft)... mine makes
> V8 levels of torque (295 lb-ft).

The 2.0 litre 4 cyl TDI in my Passat makes 134 HP and 245 lb-ft torque.

It also has like an 11 second 0-60.

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org