Can you fit a Dump Valve to a Turbo Diesel? Should you ?
I keep getting emails from people asking about fitting dump valves to turbo diesels.
Dump valves are best specified for Turbocharged PETROL engines. Here is how they work
There have been instances where people have (with a lot of work) successfully put a dump valve on a diesel. However it isn't simple to do and generally confers no real performance benefit. The chief reason is most diesels do not have a throttle plate or bu...
You'll have often heard front wheel drive cars referred to in a rather disparaging way by many so called experts. A lot of people just assume front wheel drive = understeer. Granted it is not the best layout for a race car (even though at one point FWD even made it into F1) as the table below shows:
Drivetrain
Directional Stability
Traction
Cornering Balance
Drivetrain Weight
FWD
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-
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+
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