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Diesel engines with CVT
« on: July 18, 2008, 07:42:15 pm »
Are there examples of diesel engines paired with CVTs? I'd guess CVTs would complement diesel engines on account of their narrow power bands. However, I can't think of any cars that combine diesel engines with CVTs.
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Re: Diesel engines with CVT
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2008, 08:45:44 pm »
It will be interesting to see next years Maxima with a diesel if it's mated to a CVT or not
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Re: Diesel engines with CVT
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2008, 08:57:28 pm »
can a cvt take the torque of diesel?
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Re: Diesel engines with CVT
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2008, 09:00:40 pm »
Quote from: airbalancer on July 18, 2008, 08:57:28 pm
can a cvt take the torque of diesel?

If it is designed and built for high torque applications.   Subaru may be working on one:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/04/subaru-may-mate-boxer-diesel-to-cvt/
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Re: Diesel engines with CVT
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2008, 09:05:31 pm »
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Re: Diesel engines with CVT
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2008, 07:56:11 am »
Thanks for the links. The Autoblog link has comments that discuss pros and cons of diesel-CVT setups.
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Re: Diesel engines with CVT
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2008, 01:05:44 pm »
In Europe Audi have CVT's available on some derv's.
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