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Old 12-22-2020, 8:13pm   #1
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Would love to rip that drive train out for something else...

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It would get more than 7MPG if installed in your pickup for sure!
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It would get more than 7MPG if installed in your pickup for sure!


I think a freight train gets better mileage than my C10
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I think a freight train gets better mileage than my C10
Ton of freight 492 miles on a gallon of diesel fuel
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Few people realize that factoid.
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Didn't you post something one time about your company developing or rebuilding a engine that was mega-efficient? Maybe not diesel or an alternate?
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Didn't you post something one time about your company developing or rebuilding a engine that was mega-efficient? Maybe not diesel or an alternate?
World's cleanest diesel-powered locomotives

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Amazing! I had no idea how these have progressed!
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They say that most of the big cruise ships out there get about a foot a gallon. That is on bunker grade fuel! (most times they use Bunker C)
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