Diesel powered cars

[Guy]

Has anyone thought about the cost benefits of driving as diesel car. if this car is anything to go by.


Engine
Two JCB444 common rail injection diesel, bored and stroked to 5000 cc, dry sumped and inclined at 10 degrees. Twin compound turbochargers with twin compound intercoolers. Ice tank cooling (capacity 180 litres
Power
750 bhp (560 KW) at 3800 rpm
Torque
1105 lb.ft (1500 Nm) at 2000 rpm
Fuel tank Capacity
9 litres
Transmission
Forward transmission and final drive connected to forward engine; rear transmission and final drive unit connected to rear engine. Six-speed barrel-shift transmissions driven through torsional dampers and oil-immersed multi-plate clutches.
Steering
Rack and pinion, to front wheels
Brakes
Split circuit; unique design carbon rotors and twin stators.Exhaust brakes for front and rear engines, manually operated twin parachutes.
Suspension
Independent all round via twin wishbones, coil springs and hydraulic dampers
Chassis
Hybrid square steel tube spaceframe with bonded carbon composite panels
Body
Aerodynamically designed - cdA <0.15m2; carbon composite materials
Wheels and Tyres
23 x 15, Goodyear

Dimensions

Length
9091mm
Width
1145mm
Height
979mm (to top of canopy, at run speed) 1337mm (to top of fin)
Front track
800mm
Rear Track
600mm
Wheel Base
5878mm
Weight
2700kg including fuel, oil, ice and water coolant and driver

Just need somewhere to put a bigger fuel tank in

[Ianab]

Hmm.. Be a pain in the neck to park though

Ian

[mudgutts]

My Diesel powered car is a MACK R 700 superliner and it a bugga to park lol

[Wildman]

Makes my diesel Golf look positively pedestrian. Not a bad turn of speed for a backhoe maker though.