DieselTechMike
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I’m building an off road vehicle to compete in a off road racing event that is both desert racing and rock crawling combined in to one event. It’s also a semi endurance event. I’ve this vehicle will have full independent suspension, mid/rear mounted engine and 4 wheel drive. Diesel engines are rarely used in this event, so I plan to not one change this, but want to be competitive. The Cummins 4BT engine would be the go to engine for this type of build, but it can’t reliably make the power needed to go 100 plus MPH in the desert sections, and have the throttle response to crawl through the rock sections with decent fuel economy. So, I have been looking in to the V10 TDI and the V12 TDI engines. But I need more specifications on these engines. What are the physical dimensions and weight of these engines? Also, what kind of power are these engines capable of with moderate upgrades; turbo upgrades, fuel upgrades, and ECU tuning? What would be considered safe RPM limits of these engines? Any information would be appreciated, I can’t find much info via google.