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Originally Posted by chixdigit
Hey Mark, I drive an F250 turbo diesel, and I'm betting that it was the turbo-lag (time for the turbo to spool up and really kick the power in) that gave the diesel the slow start off the line.. Those turbo's have some awesome power (specially souped up) but the turbo lag really gives them a "slower" start off the line- compared to a gas engine.
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Wait until you come up against one with two turbos! They use one small turbo that spools really fast then a larger one for mid and top end. They come off the line like a beast and never stop building boost until the waste gate kicks in. Those babies are faaaaaasssssssstttttt!! Then some of the guys around here a running two turbos and methanol injection......it's getting stupid but I laugh cuz they are spending a ton of money on there trucks to make them fast but half of them are melting them down in the process which costs more money all the while I am still running just fine....ha ha.