[Diy_efi] Is E85 worth it?

[Ian Molton]

Steve Ravet wrote:

> Diesel engines have their place towing/hauling, but not in making the
> air any cleaner.  I don't understand how diesel has an image of being
> environmentally friendly.  "Dr. Z" may claim that the Liberty is the
> cleanest diesel ever, but in fact it's dirtier than the jetta.

The 1.0 litre 3 cylinder turbo diesel in my charade kicks out a (very!) 
respectable _real world_ 65MPG on the motorway and 55MPG around town. 
And thats on my somewhat worn out example. When new it did over 75MPG on 
the motorway. It can even make a respectable showing 'off the line' 
since it weighs only 650kg and has a really low ration 1st gear. (ok, so 
after 20MPH most other cars beat it but thats not the point :))

It was the first production diesel car to break 100MPG (30MPH in 5th gear).

If you've found a 1.9 litre diesel with worse emissions than an 8 litre 
petrol engine, I would respectfully suggest that you might have chosen a 
spectacularly crappy example of a diesel engine...