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Old 07-14-2006, 08:40 PM
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Default Changes for diesel fuel tanks and R10s

Smaller fuel tank for diesel P1s in 2007

http://translate.google.com/translat...d=2333&thold=0

I've heard that the R10 had a 25 percent bigger fuel tank than other P1s.

IMSA changes for R10 TDIs in ALMS

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=2276

"The current regulations permit the same 90-liter tank on both diesel and gasoline cars but permit the larger restrictor on the refueling rig of diesel cars because of the different viscosities of the fuel."
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I don't think the R10s fuel tank is bigger, they just get more miles to the gallon.
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At racing speed the fuel use is about the same for both gas and desel.
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Not sure how that can be if they both have the same 90 liter tanks. I thought I read that at Le Mans the R10s were good for 1 more lap per tank then the gas cars.



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