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re: Chevrolet Colorado diesel engine pricing released
Posted on 7/30/15 at 9:51 pm to cgrand
Posted on 7/30/15 at 9:51 pm to cgrand
I have 220k on my 6.0 gasser. It still pulls like a mule but you have to be liberal with the throttle to do it and you can hear the vacuum on the fuel tank when you do it.
My car has a 2 liter diesel and gets over 50 mpg on the interstate going 75. It will do well over 60mpg if I try to get that from it. It will also put the traction control to work if you give it the sugar from a stop.
Put that engine in a truck. It's tier 4 compliant, it gets ridiculous fuel mileage, it's relatively cheap to build, buy, and maintain, and would easily tow what a bigger V6 can. Make a value-minded small truck with a diesel and you'll have a home run.
The 2.8 cummins and small duramax belong in full size trucks that use V6's. These small trucks need smaller engines.
My car has a 2 liter diesel and gets over 50 mpg on the interstate going 75. It will do well over 60mpg if I try to get that from it. It will also put the traction control to work if you give it the sugar from a stop.
Put that engine in a truck. It's tier 4 compliant, it gets ridiculous fuel mileage, it's relatively cheap to build, buy, and maintain, and would easily tow what a bigger V6 can. Make a value-minded small truck with a diesel and you'll have a home run.
The 2.8 cummins and small duramax belong in full size trucks that use V6's. These small trucks need smaller engines.
This post was edited on 7/30/15 at 9:54 pm
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Posted on 7/31/15 at 5:56 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I actually think theres a bigger market for 6 cylinder diesels in half ton trucks than what we realize (not that people would ever realize thats all they needed). Like you said, 3/4 ton diesels are more powerful than really needed. A 6 cylinder diesel on these frames can pull most everything the average tower is going to pull, plus you'll get 10 mpg better. The diesel on these small frames doesn't have the wheelbase to really make the towing any better.
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