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Re: any fuel economy data on the 6.4?
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They cut emmissions with all this bolt on garbage thus reducing fuel economy and you gotta burn more fuel!!! Sounds like an emmissions wash to me!
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I believe the emissions are measured in a net-actual fashion, so they are in fact reduced even with the increased fuel usage. HOWEVER, it is a good point that reducing emissions increases our dependency on foreign oil, and nobody is looking at that big picture.
Though it's interesting to note that a lot of the improvements in engine management, some of which (unlike the 6.0L...) actually did improve fuel economy overall, had their genesis in the need to control emissions. So I wonder, if we hadn't been chasing lower emissions, if we'd have the efficient cars we have today with only fuel prices as an incentive for the manufacturers to change?
Duncan
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