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Episode 133: Oldsmobile Diesels

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The Downsides of Diesel Engines

There are diesel Le Mans cars now though. Audi was like very into them for a minute, I think. They're willing to crank out at their maximum RPM of 4000 all day long. But they don't take them any higher than that. What you could do is just have it run at a constant like 2000 RPM and have it charged,. uh, turn a generator right and that charges a battery and then it, that, that then the electric motors run a car. It would be funny to see an event that was like part tractor pull part F1 race. I'd watch that.

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