Agreed: Less weight, less volume, lower center of gravity, mechanical simplicity, tastes great, less calories....I'm sorry - what are we talking about?
Yes of course, but Ford can get away without it. Edit: I don't think it's on Dodge cars either. So it's difficult not to see it as some kind of inadequacy at GM. That is such an annoying feature.
I disabled mine after suffering for an eternity that extended at least several weeks. When I bought the car the little disabler doohickey was in the trunk brand new in sealed packaging. Somebody put up with it for ~80,000 miles! Must have been a saint. In normal driving it never engaged, but it would get me in stop and go all the time.They never learn. Had one on my '97 Formula and like probably 120% of those, disabled mine early on.
pre six-point, post skip-shift defeat:
In my opinion DI is bad. It is bad in the GM cars and it's bad in Fords. DI engines emit small particles like a diesel engine. I don't want all those small particles in my air. I'm trying to breathe that stuff!
then rip the eco-nazi's a new arse-hole in their myopic pursuit of higher MPG thru legislative fiat instead of considering the wholistic solution. But do recall some of the "studies" on the danger of small particulates were out and out fraud and predicated on preposterous conditions.
I'm definitely no expert and I haven't read any studies. Just an uneducated redneck who doesn't like these newfangled DI engines.
Agreed that CAFE like most government regulations doesn't actually achieve what they say it achieves. The thing that really makes meDodge has their MDS systems in the v8's though. That's why the Charger lives in Track mode, it prevents the car from going into 4-cylinder mode.
Ford also sells a lot of small/smaller displacement turbos that pay lip service to the regulation. In spite of the fact that a small turbo motor will burn just as much fuel at peak output as a larger NA engine with the same output. Because that's how physics and chemistry work
Look up the Skyaxtiv-x engine from Mazda. It's a gas engine that ignites via compression like a diesel for a portion of the rev range.
is that pickups and SUVs are not held to the same standards as cars. What good is the regulation if you're going to exclude the most common vehicles? I swear the automakers wanted to build certain types of cars so they would make more money and they bribed government officials to write the laws however they want. There's nothing there to reduce the amount of fuel burned once you include all new vehicles. It just is lip service and rules that cause some vehicles to be very expensive or eliminated. And of course they are getting rid of the vehicles we enjoy.
I think the DI move has been smart. And from my understanding, the newer DI engines dont have those issues.
uhm, I hate to break it to you but essentially ZERO law is written by congress-critters or their aides. It all comes in as a Word attachment from a zillion different lobby groups "for consideration". Bear in mind almost none of the 'finished' legislation is even READ end to end before being voted on, let alone analyzed nor the "studies" purporting to buttress the terms of the law(s) validated as sound.
Few lawmakers are going to enact legislation without getting their cut of the PAC money. Why do you think restaurants are all closed but Walmart is wide open?uhm, I hate to break it to you but essentially ZERO law is written by congress-critters or their aides. It all comes in as a Word attachment from a zillion different lobby groups "for consideration". Bear in mind almost none of the 'finished' legislation is even READ end to end before being voted on, let alone analyzed nor the "studies" purporting to buttress the terms of the law(s) validated as sound.
We make 'law' here in USA that could be characterized as shoving a bunch of papers in front of your Grandma with dementia who can't read even with her coke-bottle glasses on and being told by her grandkids to "sign here" where the yellow stickers are placed. You know, just like everybody does with their mortgage documents, 4 signatures on random pages in a 25 page sheaf that not anyone actually reads.
They arent even closed in california...at least not the part im in.
So are you refuting that special interests impact what laws get enacted and what politicians do or just want to talk about restaurants? It's great that your restaurants in LI are not closed. Not sure where LI is - long island maybe? If so I'm very surprised.
DI is only bad at low load, generally. The dual injection is the best of both worlds. Generally the port injection system does most of the work at idle and low load to prevent soot from forming. Small turbo engines struggle with that because of having to have the fuel system to match boost but also being able to run without it in normal circumstances. Creates a lot of overlap situations where you aren't getting close to a complete burn.
GOOD! I'm surprised they raised the collective middle-finger toward Twiddle Dee and Dumb. I guess there is yet a spark of sanity left in NY.
Yeah the fact the Coyote had PI in addition to DI is why I felt more comfortable with it in regards to fuel washing over the valves to help keep it clean.
