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When I think of sheer power, I think of the deep, throaty roar of a diesel engine. I see an image of a truck pulling an impossibly large boat. Can you see it? The boat is easily three times as big as the truck, but the truck races on. In fact the truck is driving right by in the passing lane as if pulling a monster of a boat was nothing. I am awestruck just thinking about it. Someday I will own a boat like that to pull with my diesel. For now, I am happy to know that even with all the power my diesel has it is more fuel efficient than comparable trucks with a gas engine. By installing a few diesel performance kits, I hope to make my truck even more fuel efficient. Tests have shown that diesels are capable of converting more of the potential energy in fuel into mechanical energy. What this means is that diesels create energy more efficiently than gas engines do. To explain, a gas engine fails to burn all of the gas pumped into the combustion chamber. Diesels burn more fuel pumped into the combustion chamber. On another note, diesels use super-compressed air to ignite fuel. Because of this feature, diesels have to be able to handle more pressure than a gas engine. They are thus built stronger than gas engines and can last up to twice as long. What all this adds up to is the fact that the diesel is the superior engine. Once you add in a few diesel performance kits, you have a force to be reckoned with. Many folks look at a stream of black smoke billowing from a diesel and assume that diesels must be gas guzzlers. If a diesel is a gas guzzler, it has more to do with who is driving it rather than a fault with the diesel itself. You can get surprising fuel economy from a diesel as long as you don't hot rod it. If you really want to boost the fuel economy as you boost the power of a diesel, then you need to look into diesel performance kits. Improving your fuel economy by up to ten miles per gallon is not out of the question. You will just need to remember that most of the upgrades that can boost fuel economy also boost power. Thus, to really improve on fuel economy, you will have to resist the urge to indulge in all the new available power your upgrades give you. One of my favorite places to start upgrading a diesel is the air intake system. I mentioned that diesels burn more fuel than gas engines do. If you increase the amount of air you have in the combustion chamber, then you can burn even more of the fuel in the chamber. Turbos pump more air into the combustion chamber while cold-air intakes and performance manifolds improve the flow of air into the engine. When you add all of this together, you can boost your fuel economy up to five miles per gallon. You will just want to make sure that you install a high-volume exhaust to handle the higher volume of gases flowing out of the engine. Simply by upgrading the air intake and exhaust systems of your engine, you can gain improve fuel economy, but this is only the start. Many other diesel performance kits are available, so the possibilities for improving your engine are nearly endless. Whether you are after fuel economy, power, or both, you will find what you are looking for with diesel performance parts.
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