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<blockquote data-quote="SlugSlinger" data-source="post: 3043806" data-attributes="member: 7248"><p>Things I've learned about this diesel.</p><p></p><p>Sam's club has a good price (the lowest in this area) on diesel and they go through about a tanker truck a week; so its fresh.</p><p></p><p>This motor runs through a regeneration process about every 500 miles. Fuel mileage drops about 1.5 miles per gallon because it sprays fuel via a separate injector into the exhaust to help clean the particulate filter. The average mileage with 2400 miles is just over 18 mpg.</p><p></p><p>The drivability of the diesel is awesome. Very little throttle and the truck wants to run!</p><p></p><p>This new for 2017 L5P Duramax motor is a work of art and race inspired. Gale Banks went through a comparison with the previous version, the LML Duramax and it's astonishing the amount and number of improvements that were engineered into the new motor. According to Banks, the second in charge of development, is a hot rodder and the parts improvement reinforces that statement.</p><p></p><p>Some of the improvements include:</p><p>20% increase in oil volume due to wider impeller gears.</p><p>20% increase in cooling efficiency due to wider water pump impellers.</p><p>Stronger crank with bigger diameter journals</p><p>Stronger and lighter connecting rods while being larger for more strength</p><p>Honey comb shapes valve springs with smaller diameter retainers for higher rpms</p><p>Smaller and lighter roller lifters for higher rpms and less rotating mass</p><p>Stronger and race proven designed pistons</p><p></p><p>Below are some screenshots from the video. The head design is obsolutely night and day differences with previous designs. The top head is the new version vs the old design below.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]108184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108186[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]MHmWOHqbyW4[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>The connecting rod on the left is the new design. GM has made this motor to withstand much more than they the currently rated 445 hp and 910 lbft of torque. I bet we see over 500 factory hp with this same motor and a different factory tune in the future.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]108301[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlugSlinger, post: 3043806, member: 7248"] Things I've learned about this diesel. Sam's club has a good price (the lowest in this area) on diesel and they go through about a tanker truck a week; so its fresh. This motor runs through a regeneration process about every 500 miles. Fuel mileage drops about 1.5 miles per gallon because it sprays fuel via a separate injector into the exhaust to help clean the particulate filter. The average mileage with 2400 miles is just over 18 mpg. The drivability of the diesel is awesome. Very little throttle and the truck wants to run! This new for 2017 L5P Duramax motor is a work of art and race inspired. Gale Banks went through a comparison with the previous version, the LML Duramax and it's astonishing the amount and number of improvements that were engineered into the new motor. According to Banks, the second in charge of development, is a hot rodder and the parts improvement reinforces that statement. Some of the improvements include: 20% increase in oil volume due to wider impeller gears. 20% increase in cooling efficiency due to wider water pump impellers. Stronger crank with bigger diameter journals Stronger and lighter connecting rods while being larger for more strength Honey comb shapes valve springs with smaller diameter retainers for higher rpms Smaller and lighter roller lifters for higher rpms and less rotating mass Stronger and race proven designed pistons Below are some screenshots from the video. The head design is obsolutely night and day differences with previous designs. The top head is the new version vs the old design below. [ATTACH=full]108184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]108186[/ATTACH] [MEDIA=youtube]MHmWOHqbyW4[/MEDIA] The connecting rod on the left is the new design. GM has made this motor to withstand much more than they the currently rated 445 hp and 910 lbft of torque. I bet we see over 500 factory hp with this same motor and a different factory tune in the future. [ATTACH=full]108301[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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