Saturday, Jul 29, 2017 at 14:11
Different engines in different vehicles have a different sweet spot ........ if ya want to push the low RPM thing some of the big old diesels are on the rev limiter at 2000 rpm.
What a cummins engine is doing is irrelivent to what a 3 liter hilux is doing.
Whatever the vehicle sits on at 100Kmh in fifth gear is usually an indicator of the sweet area .....
Black smoke coming out of diesels is often an indicator of being over fueled at too lower RPM
The 1KD-FTV is a 3.0L (2982cc) straight-4 common rail D-4D diesel engine with a variable nozzle turbocharger (VNT) and Intercooler. It has 16 valves and a DOHC (double overhead camshaft) design.
Bore is 96 mm and stroke is 103 mm. It generates 172.72 hp (127 kW) at 3400 rpm, and 260 lbf·ft (352 N·m) of torque at 1800-3400 rpm depending on target market and emission specifications. In some markets, outputs are 127 kW (170 hp)/410 N·m (302 lb·ft) and 140 kW (188 hp)/ 420 N·m (310 lb·ft).[citation needed] Redline of this engine is at 4200 RPM. Compression ratio is 17.9:1.
If you look at the power and torque curves in this following document you will see that at 2500rpm you are getting about 2/3 of the power available at 3500 .... you will also note that the torque and power curves fall over after 3500.
http://www.powerchipgroup.com/datasheets/1/TOY0098.pdf
Yeh you might get good fuel economy out of lightly loaded diesels at low RPM ...... but they simply will not be making enough power to do the job ....... efficiency of diesels is better at higher RPM in the sweet spot, because they are a compression operated engine and the quicker and harder the air fuel load is compressed the more efficiently it burns.
The slow burning nature of the fuel is why the torque and power curves fall over after about 3500 rpm in small engines. .... in that particular engine ( the 1kd-ftv) the torque curve never peaks ..... but it does fall over.
Compression efficiency increases with RPM till it is limited by the fuel burning speed .... thus the same power curve ( with different figures) pretty much in nearly every modern smallish diesel.
Running heavily loaded diesels at low RPM is a mistake many people adhere to .... for many people it is an emotional choice ..... they just can not concieve that running a diesel at high RPM is a good thing ......running a diesel heavily loaded at low RPM, makes smoke, burns more fuel results in higher EGTs and simply does not make the necessary power.
As for sitting on 115Kmh at 2700RPM ..... that is the vehicle sitting on the back of the power curve right where it should be ..... it probably sits at about 100Kmh in fifth it will be sitting around 2400 ....... but you should not be towing a heavy load in 5th, that is a guarantee of a short life for your gearbox.
Drop back to 4th gear and you are right up around 3000 RPM at 100Kmh.
Right back where I said.
If ya want to pull up that
hill and do it easily, you'll need to be back a gear or two and be in the 3000 to 3500 RPM range or you will be trying to do it with much less than the available power. ... back at 2500 you will have 2/3 of the available power.
There is little point running over 3500 because the power drops off before the 4200 redline ... just like I said.
If your Prado is running out of puff at 3000 RPM, I'd be looking for an intake restriction, blocked up injectors, carbed up rings or some other problem ..and they get that way if you baby them ........ it should be pulling willingly all the way to 3500.
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