Caterpillar reveals truth about EGR

Whilst scanning through yesterdays carsguide in the Daily Telegraph I found an article about Caterpillar dumping Exhuast Gas Recirculation (EGR) across its range of new engines. CAT belives that while it is a successful way of reducing nitrous oxide emmisions it has an unnacceptable outcome for users in the form of less performance, higher fuel economy and a reducting the longevity of the engine. One of CAT's marketing mannagers went on to say, "We made EGR work, nut we just couldn't see the value for the customer. The fuel econmy was worse, there were alot more maintenance problems so we abandoned the technology.".
CAT is now using a system called ACERT which uses a package of components to reduce the formation of nitrous oxide at the combustion point through twin turbochargers (to cram as much Oxygen in as possible) and injecting fuel in a series of shots rather than a single one and variable valve timing on the inlet valve. CAT now claims a tougher, more powerful and econmomical engine than before whilst still being as clean and green.

Now whilst we all can't go and chuck another turbo and electronic mumbo on our old engines there is atleast a solid tested argument for the plating off of our EGR systems and stop the recycling of hot sooty exhaust back through our engines. What I am interested in, has anyone managed to plate off the EGR system in a 2.8l TD Gu Patrol?

Thought I might post this as I remeber a great hue and cry about EGR a while back.
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