is it possible? alot of car companies are comming out w/ diesal engines engines pushing more ponies and faster times then the gas powerd cars and diesals have low rpm torque for off-roading so dont u think it would b good idea to do so? and if deisal dosent please the tress huggers idk what will!!

 

Polaris made a Diesel Sportsman back in 99 -2001 ish. It was a slug from what I've heard. I'm sure a search of the Polaris forum will get you tons of info.

 

Sure it is. Anything is possible. Ya just gotta have enough people that want it and some genius to find a way to do it.

 

yeah but thye pulled like a mother f'er , so from what i have herd , that they pull alot weight

 

i dunno who told u or what ur smoking but diesels DO NOT and i repeat DO NOT push more horse than gas powered cars...diesels are generally built high horsepower yes but thats because there meant to be used for ie. cemis

 

mercades benz toke one of there cars converted it to diesal and it actually shaved 1 sec off the 1/4 mile times there where a bunch of car mfg on the chicago road show today saying this including mercades thats where i got the idea

 

in europe bmw, and other companys are useing diesel all over. the only reason its not in the states is because of refinery costs of diesel

it would cost ONE PENNY MORE to refine the diesel to make it clean burning like the european vehicles.

diesel is in the future, but not untill the goverment will allow it.

source: bimmer magizine.

v581

 

didn't Kawasaki make a Mule with a diesel?


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that's over 300hp. Go to the ford site and see how many hp the new Mustang has, or even the old Camaros.

Diesels don't rev high like gas engines, they are designed to put out more torque then hp. Most new trucks with turbo diesels put out ~600lb/ft of torque and half the horsepower. Usually waaaay down in the rpm range, like below 2000 rpm.

 

Is it possible, sure. Several manufacturers already have diesel offerings in the side by side class. There are two main reasons holding this type of engine back from atv use though. First, they are a very heavy engine that makes a lot of low end torque, but they don't like to rev out very high. Second, you really need to have some sort of turbo/supercharger to make good HP. That and the fact that diesels are costlier to produce in the first place would put any decent atv at a pricepoint disadvantage in comparison to current offerings. Personally, I think atvs are better suited to higher revving gas engines.

ZimRaptor, I know you are a one of our northern friends, but maybe you should do a little research into what runs the US military. We have several applications of very high horse diesels, the Abrahms being a primary example. Diesel fuel actually has more potential to make power than gas, yet is less volatile. If you could get a diesel to turn high RPMs like a gas motor, I would bet on the diesel to make more HP also.

 

Thats funny, i was seeing a diesal something (I can't remember what it was)on TV today and was thinking about dropping that into an ATV, then on the forums...wow. I'm sure it'd work but who would buy it diesal smells just as bad as 2strokes