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Comparative Performance of Diesel and Gasoline Engines in Motor Trucks

P. Langer

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Abstract The results are given of tests of the comparative performance of Diesel and gasoline engines in motor trucks. The question is raised whether the carburetor is any longer justified, in view of the present high development of the fuel pump. It seems improbable that carburetor engines will ever do any better in running at low speed under load than they are now doing. The possibilities of development of the fuel pump are great. Among these is the application of the Diesel principle to light-oil engines, rendering possible a standard motor-truck engine perfect both from the thermodynamic and the automotive points of view.

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Abstract The results are given of tests of the comparative performance of Diesel and gasoline engines in motor trucks. The question is raised whether the carburetor is any longer justified, in view of the present high development of the fuel pump. It seems improbable that carburetor engines will ever do any better in running at low speed under load than they are now doing. The possibilities of development of the fuel pump are great. Among these is the application of the Diesel principle to light-oil engines, rendering possible a standard motor-truck engine perfect both from the thermodynamic and the automotive points of view.

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Abstract The results are given of tests of the comparative performance of Diesel and gasoline engines in motor trucks. The question is raised whether the carburetor is any longer justified, in view of the present high development of the fuel pump. It seems improbable that carburetor engines will ever do any better in running at low speed under load than they are now doing. The possibilities of development of the fuel pump are great. Among these is the application of the Diesel principle to light-oil engines, rendering possible a standard motor-truck engine perfect both from the thermodynamic and the automotive points of view.

Key concepts: Truck, Automotive engineering, Diesel fuel, Gasoline, Petrol engine, Automotive industry, Motor fuel, Rendering (computer graphics)

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