Diesel runs 8 second quarter mile

6 Dec, 2007 10 Comments

Just when we all thought diesels were frugal little rattlers incapable of any credible speeds comes this. Gale Banks Engineering in the USA has built a Chevrolet S10 diesel pick-up that has officially recorded a 8.216 second pass at a Las Vegas drag strip this month.

Producing in excess of 750kW the twin turbo 6.6 litre LBZ Duramax V8 cleared the finish line at a terminal speed of 266.45 km/h.

The Gale Banks boys also hold the FIA World Record for the fastest diesel pick-up ever with a run at the famous Bonneville Salt Flats last year recording an impressive 349.86 km/h down the flying mile.

I wonder how many Hilux and Rodeo owners will jump on the phones to the States now.

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10 Responses to “Diesel runs 8 second quarter mile”

bubba ganush Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Speechless…..
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Matt Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 10:32 am
It’s pretty damn cool I reckon. Need to get these guys to do an Astra or i30 ;)
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Bavarian Missile Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Woohoo………Next diesel door slammer!!!!!!!
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Godspeed Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Pretty cool. It’s obviously not intended to be like a performance diesel you could buy in a showroom, but all the same it’s a bit irrelevant

Diesel is definitely one of the “now” technologies - Audi’s R10 TDI is currently dominating Le Mans for instance.
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Blue Blood Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Very impressive!!

Next will be the 7 second electric/hydrogen car.
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Henry Carman Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
I would have loved to see that. I have heard Ford has a supercharged diesel they are hiding for next year!
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L33t Ford Luvver Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
After driving both the Golf and Focus Diesels i can understand how they pump out so much grunt. The torque on tap is huuugge. Bring it on i say. Imagine flogging a V8 diesel around Bathurst with the Supercars in tow!
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Mitch Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 7:32 am
what’s the torque for the car?
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Karl Peskett Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Mitch: A lot.
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Andrew M Says:
December 8th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Mitch: a lot plus some

wow a super charged diesel?
the torque on that would all be on board before you turned the key!!!!
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