COULD BE WORSE

.....honest I didn't press the bl**dy send button twice

The diesel engine as we know it has been evolving for a number of years, as for this technolagy being applied to larger capacity motors it already is. an example is the 3lt jackaroo engine the 3.2 lt pajero. power output and torque are up over the basic boat acnhors fitted to most 4wd. they allready can go 10,000klm between services as the high pressure common rail direct injection produces far less soot than the older generation of oil burners. low end torque with high pressure direct injection is better know matter what engine capacity.
the nissan owners make a lot of noise about the new 4.2 lt turbo motor. (old tech) 114kw 360Nm still doesnt meet euro engine emmisions. 3lt jackaroo 118kw 330Nm
pajero 132kw
They use the same injection tech. in large trucks (C.A.T) plus others.
apply the same 4 valves per cylinder and injection tech. to larger capacity turbo motors and the effieciny an power goes up allong with the drop in emmisions.

compare the latest 4.2 nissan turbo to the toyota the same size with electronic injection it's a stagering differance.

as for servicing, electronic injection has been used in cars for years, you will not find a single car without injection today. common rail High pressure direct injection diesel uses the same engine managment principals as has been used with petrol engines for years(without the spark timing of course!)

within a few years every motor will have it and people will be wondering what all the fuss is about.

By the way the next generation of petrol engines will be using high pressure direct injection petrol(a compresion ignition engine that uses light fuel[petrol] instead of deisel) less smelly & the public like filling cars up with the same stuff, now that will be something to talk about!

happy motoring
jack

oh and the 3 lt nissan motor is in the same sort of euro techknow asthe above examples. ie high efficiency low pollution.

Old Jack, Alfa has a direct injection petrol on the market in Australia NOW, the 156 JTS. It replaced a motor that had everything, variable cams, 4 Valves, Twin spark because it got same power, less emissions.Regds

Bill

Bill,
The motor still has 4 valves per Cylinder and spark plugs,
yes it has high pressure direct injection but it's not a compression ignition engine(diesel cycle) which is what I was talking about. all the same it's an example of what is next to come in modern engines.(a far cry from the 1968 model alfa gt coupe and a certain blond from my youth, oh they where the days!)
This type of motor will become more common though. 4v/clinder heads have far less stress loads than 2 valves, better gas flow, longer cam & valve life etc.(same reason most Modern diesels have 4 valves per cylinder)There are probably others around or about to be realeased, in the USA there will soon be heaps of then to meet the california clean air act. bring it on!

PSA make a large number (europes largest manufacture of motors possibly) of motor sizes from cars up to trucks!

The internal combustion engine still has a fair way to go to reach maximum effiency. Intersting that the really heavy trucks use electric motors to drive the wheels due to there superior low speed torque and the ability to dynamically brake the truck going down hill. the deisel electric Hybrid applied to a 4WD would make the ultimate off roader.

Jack, matter of fact, still got me a couple of them GT Coupe's, a 65 and a 70, both in race trim. Now that was a car ahead of it's time.... Love your intersting posts.Regds

Bill

Go for you, my only old car is a rover P5B coupe (3.5 alloy V8) 1968 model. I still miss the blond and the car they are a lt of fun!
wish I still had the Blond!, oh well the only 40 year old Italian I have around her is a Black haired girl :) her motor still purr's, her body is still in very good shape & I can afford to take her out on more than just weekends!(oh dear I hope she dosn't read this)
Happy motoring!