<a href="http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e_article000127372.cfm" target="_blank">Check out the torque graph (down the page) for this V8 diesel Merc...</a>

Wow! 300NM @ 800rpm and 560NM(!) @ 1700rpm.

Now that's some tire-smoking/stump pulling torque numbers!
And still manages 9.4L/100km with a 4000lbs car(about 30mpg)

 

Too bad it drops off at 2600rpm...

It'd be impressive if it can actually maintain it at high rpm's .

 

Pretty much the same as US diesel pickup engines. The GM Duramax diesel does something like 500lbs of torque at 1800rpm.

 

that's nothing like a modded B100 golf 1.9t

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by 951Racer:
<strong>Pretty much the same as US diesel pickup engines. The GM Duramax diesel does something like 500lbs of torque at 1800rpm.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Hahah, that's the spirit! I knew the relationship between Daimler Benz and Chrysler would become more evident in terms of PERFORMANCE eventually...

 

thats what wickety-wack compression ratios can buy ya... =-)

Diesels are somewhere between 22:1 and 25:1

-Sean