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Feb 24, 2008 | 03:16 AM

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artfd

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Originally Posted by nlemerise

If I had an engine about half the size of the 7.3 in my pickup truck and the right torque curve and enough gears to drive it at 60 MPH at 1400 rpm, I bet the mileage would be phenomenal...problem is, it wouldn't get out of its own way...too slow accelerating. The truck buying public wouldn't put up with a pickup that accelerated like a semi.

I don't know about the public. They're kind of fickle. When diesel costs $7 a gallon and they're rationed to 10 gallons a week, having something like an F150 with a 2 L turbo diesel that gets 30 mpg might be extremely popular.