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Originally Posted by SupraTitan
The most reliable, powerful, simple and strongest diesel used currently in a pickup truck currently is the Cummins, an I-6. An inline 6 uses 7 main bearings, a V6 uses 4 and a V8 uses 5, which one do you think would have the strongest bottom end. When an engine is producing in excess of 600 ft/lbs of torque for hundreds of thousands of miles this is a huge advantage for the I-6. You also get an even firing order with the inline 6, a powerstroke every 120 deg. of crankshaft rotation contributing to a perfect primary and secondary balance. A v config requires heavy counterweights on the crank. Also in a turbo configuration an Inline design allows the turbo to mounted closer to the head and capture more energy from the exhuast gasses, a V design requires the turbo to be much more downstream. The only advantage I can come up with for a V design is packaging size, thats about it.
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If thats the only advantage you can come up with perhaps you should delve a little deaper
