Uh oh ,watch those tuning "improvements"

[stmitch]

Flame front propagation is everything. Efficiency improvement there is a win overall.


The test cycle for urea is bullshit. You are teaching to a test and pretending it's a win in regards to emissions. Only the government can do that .... And get away with it. When you burn a pound of diesel you get x amount of co2. Soot is soot. Trapping particulates actual verse the cost of the extra fuel and urea isn't winning. Anything saved is negated by one premature replacement.

The cradle to grave cost in both operation and energy resources of a new truck is higher then a first gen ... Say acert unit in emissions and fuel used when the emissions from the urea production is is involved

The new pistons are going to change this as they greatly reduce the cycle time needed with the modern machines.

To say the least...
To think....say any billion dollar company like ford, knows wtf they are doing.....I submit to you.....the second gen 7.3....the 6.0....and the 6.4.


Reliability just kept going down.

But there are in fact components companies that can make those mills more efficient and cleaner then they ever were off the line.


The Scorpion.... eventually was reliable. And uhh...study of aftermarket solutions went a LOOOOOONG way towards ford finally getting it right.

I was unnecessarily dismissive earlier. I don't mean to say that OEMs cannot make mistakes or that others cannot make improvements. If the piston tech company can get their EO and prove that their product does indeed improve emissions and/or fuel efficiency then they'll have a hit on their hands. I remain skeptical because so many make claims without even trying to back them up or get their products tested and approved for use, but good luck to the guys that are trying to do it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Biggest issue with DPF/DEF systems is the unreliabilty.

Sure they are cleaner, but when you got a truck that is in the shop 30% of the time with problems related directly to this garbage its no wonder they get deleted.

Try driving an 80k semi thats derated. Its frusterating as hell dealing with that headache for something that doesnt need to be on there in the first place. Not to mention the massive repair bills.