I just read something in a mag about a 450lb Turbo Diesel 1200cc Sport bike. the bike makes 120hp and 250lbs/ft at 5500rpms. and 150MPG am wondering how the bike would ride and what the power band would feel like? not a whole lot of HP but it sounds to me like its a Torq monster. anyone have more info than the mag showed?

 

why would you need that much torque on a bike? also, event though 120hp isnt alot compared to most liter bikes, it should be plenty to go stupid-fast on a bike. nice milage, too.

 

What magazine was that?

 

The marines have dirt bikes that have a small diesel engine on them.

 

250 lb.tq???? christ thats as much as my car lol

 

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That's 3 times MY car.

 

I saw that article in sport rider and they said with a few mods they got it up to 250hp

 

250 foot pounds is very high for a 1.2 liter turbo diesel. I won't be sure until I see some sources, but if they did get that much out of it, I'm impressed. Any URLs??

Compared with the six cylinder 6.0 cummins drag racers... this is about 1/5th the engine capacity. So if they were making the same power per cubic inch, the Cummins guys would be putting out what, 1250 foot pounds and 1250 horsepower... ok, a bit on the high side, but still possible I guess.

The US military is very interested in keeping all their vehicles on the same fuel. They were having problems with the first prototype diesel bikes because of high weight and low power output. I wouldn't be suprised if this thing was developed with military uses in mind.

 

i saw the article too, forget what magazine it was in. I think it was a super moto bike.

 

I have the article at home....will post it tomarrow.

 

The article is in the March 2005, issue of Sport Rider....

 

Military is always leading on such innovative ideas.

 

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Yeah, most of the things we use every day have roots in some sort of military developement project.

Correction from my previous post: 120hp times 5 is 600hp. Which is about what the baddest of those 6.0 turbo diesel drag guys make I believe...

 

dam, not only it smog exempt, but it hella fast.

 

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Actually most of the Cummins guys (5.9 not 6.0 ) are around 800whp and 1600wtq for the "street trucks". The 8.3 (motor home engine) are around 1000whp and 2000wtq on the "street trucks"

I say street trucks because these are about the limits for single turbo and diesel fuel only plus the engine is stock internals with ARP studs and an O-ringed head with some port work. That's it. The big drag guys or sled pullers running twins, propane and/or nitrous are even higher.

Ever seen a 0-200psi boost gauge?

Ever seen the needle buried on a 0-200psi boost gauge?

 

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Ever seen the needle buried on a 0-200psi boost gauge? </TD></TR></TABLE>

that just gave me a boner

 

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Compared with the six cylinder 6.0 cummins drag racers... this is about 1/5th the engine capacity. So if they were making the same power per cubic inch, the Cummins guys would be putting out what, 1250 foot pounds and 1250 horsepower... ok, a bit on the high side, but still possible I guess.
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My brother is a Dodge guy, he dynoed around 1100 ft/lbs 550 whp with minor mods...

I'd love to have a bike like this though... 150 mpg would be awesome!

 

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Ever looked at the Fuel PSI at that boost level?

 

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Well it depends on if you are talking from the fuel pump or injection pump.

I mean from the fuel pump it's not really that high, but from the injection pump it's astronomical.

But then again the stock fuel pressure coming out of the injection pump sounds astronomical to anyone unfamiliar.

 

Werd, I think my turbo diesel puts out over 2500psi regardless of boost level...

 

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Oh easy. Mine is in the 6000-7000psi range. Industrial stuff can get over 20,000+psi.