Why are diesels getting so damm fast these days.

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

Answering the question why the diesel cars are so damm fast currently, my thoughts are very clear

Fistly because of the direct injection diesel system invention; although it was discovered many years ago, always it has offered very excellent thermodinamyc properties (therefore thats why it offers very good performances and low fuel consumption), it wasnt very usable every day in cars due to its noise and vibration; however, due to the manufacturers investment alongside the new materials discovery, the direct injection alongside the turbo is useful for every segment; from little cars to luxurious ones, and the invention wont be improved for many years now

On the other hand, in the racing area, the diesel engines are so powerful and efficient, mostly due to the investment (specially the VAG group) in races as it did on the quattro four wheel drive system about 25 years ago

[pagani]

Originally Posted by dani_d_mas Originally Posted by pagani Originally Posted by TopGearNL Originally Posted by pagani Diesel engines can hold very high turboboost without the need to run a higher octane like you need on a high boost petrol engine. I would be fun to enter a diesel racetruck on a trackday and scare all the other cars and overtake them all. 8) 8) Yeah I remember that Foden racing truck in JCs No Limits, that was fast :shock: But of course have to delete the speed limiter because they are limited to 100 mph so you can overtake them everywhere even on the straight. Antonio Albacete - the current European Truck Champion - drove his truck at Jarama de-restricted... and reached something like 200kmh at the end of the straight - but no one thought about the brakes... obviously, they're not prepared to stop a 5-tons monster doing 200kmh... so he end up behind the barriers

I believe some the dakar rallytrucks are capable to reach 200 km/h whit no speed limiter.
Can you develop a braking system that can slow a racing truck down from 200 km/h+??
8) 8)