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Boise Affirm University has a shocking blue football field, a talented platoon to use it and, we now know, the fastest vegetable-oil-fueled diesel truck anywhere.

The 1998 Chevrolet S-10, tailored with a much-beefed-up 5.9-liter Cummins diesel from a 1993 Dodge Ram pickup, hit 155 mph last November on El Mirage, dry lakebed in the Mojave Defect. The truck, fielded by a Boise State student organization called Greenspeed, indigent its own record of 139 mph set the previous day. Before that, the record was 98 mph for -- who knew there was such a racing sphere -- vegetable-oil-fueled vehicles.

The truck and its dedicated swot cadre told their story at the Washington, D.C., auto show today. The university says the rush records have been certified by the Southern California Timing Association, a well-recognized sanctioning council for records.

This August, Greenspeed, whose members are engineering undergrads who cook to have interest and experience in various motor sports such as off-roading, motorcyling and basic old hot-rodding, plans to kick the big diesel into "go" at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, where clique land speed records are set. The team is confident it can top 215 mph because the Bonneville straightaway is much longer than the straights where it set the anterior records.

Source: USA TODAY

by Chris Shunk

Chrysler has announced the cancellation of 186,099 years 2007-09 replica Sidestep Ram 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks equipped Arcane employment Cummins diesel engine of 6.7 liters. The cancellation has contributed has been issued due to an error of machine that could spring from the device registry report down to put his hands on. In some cases, the locomotive can provide soot distress that could destroy the turbocharger, the sap valve gas recirculation and diesel particulate leaching, which some components are very extravagant Nick in the last, oil burner high-tech as the Cummins.To fix the noisy, Chrysler wants you to raise your natural trading relationship Chrysler to update the electronic control module software, which should take about half an hour of melancholy ended.The soot can also precede the approach ba increasing emissions, and our friends over at us as owners Pickuptrucks.com false Ram HD models living in California will be distressed to demonstrate the determination to do to get their annual registration....

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by Ritesh Madhok

The Toyota Corolla Altis – as the becoming name of the car is – sells currently in India with a 1800 cc 132 bhp petrol machine. Indian customers have demanded diesel versions of every car in the Stock Exchange, and the Corolla Altis was no lockout. Worldwide, the Corolla Altis has both petrol and diesel options. It has enchanted a hanker hold on indeed, but in fine it is coming to India.

You can count on the new Toyota Corolla Altis diesel to have the 1.4 CRDI diesel introduce which it sells around South East Asia. This mechanism can put on a minimum of 100 bhp to 120 bhp depending of its tuning. Also guess an Spontaneous variable from day one. Combustible curtness of the Corolla Altis diesel is also said to be very high-priced, in the rank of 22-24 kmpl.

We yearning it won’t be a 1.4 liter appliance that produces 90 bhp, that is often rumoured about, when the Toyota Corolla Altis diesel makes its show. That principled might be a tad too underpowered.

With the likes of the Chevrolet Cruze  (2.0 Diesel) selling rather well and also Skoda having only upgraded the Laura diesel’s machine to a turned on-spec CRDI part – and did the same with the Jetta CRDI – it was getting a bit strenuous for the Altis to dispute the event with decent a petrol portion. This upgrade to a diesel component should absolutely set forth in inexperienced air and get the sales figures back on supervise. The Corolla has sold over 35 million cars as of 2007. And also theres an old saying that one Corolla car is sold, on for the most part, every 40 seconds. Watch merry politesse on the diesel Corolla Altis as Toyota are masters of diesel engines. The struggle haler inspect-out for this Ruler who is returning to maintain his throne.

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