Sunday, December 23, 2007

Plugin Diesel Power

With ever rising fuel costs and efiiciency now a major forcus of car manufacturers world wide and new product has been developed that can make all the difference for diesel vehicles. The mass-produced diesel car engine generally has a number of shortcomings that are the result of the necessity to meet a wide variety of service conditions and realities, such as variations in manufacturing tolerances, fuel quality variations, climatic conditions, and inferior maintenance. As a result, the off- the-shelf characteristics of a standard diesel engine offer significant scope for improvement and, as has been shown by power and torque curves obtained from dynamometer tests, poor low speed response and mid-range "flat-spots" can often be eliminated, with a resulting improvemen View the rest of this article


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