Diesel Tahoe Acceleration

[100cars]

In case anybody was wondering...

 

[Goldenbear03]

I got 8.71 seconds 0-60. Yuck.

 

[100cars]

I got 8.71 seconds 0-60. Yuck.

A bit of that time was turbo building boost. Maybe almost a second. I did not brake torque.

 

[jasonk_]

I have not recorded my 0-60 time but I have a 21 Yukon Denali 3.0L Duramax and it feels on par\slightly better than my 2014 Tahoe LTZ 5.3\6 speed gasser.

 

[100cars]

It really feels faster than the numbers would indicate.

 

[avalonandl]

With all the torque the 3.0 has it is peaky like V8 gassers.

 

[Stbentoak]

It’s plenty fast enough.. you are 0 to 50 very quickly. It’s not corvette quick, but plenty suitable for this vehicle….

 

[Shaggy]

A bit of that time was turbo building boost. Maybe almost a second. I did not brake torque.

So do you feel a good acceleration or just seems slow going?

 

[100cars]

So do you feel a good acceleration or just seems slow going?

Once the turbo kicks in, it feels quite brisk.

 

[OR VietVet]

All the Duramax rigs I have ever driven all seemed to accel very close to the same feel of a gas engine. Vitually no lag, but there is a slight amount.

 

[Goldenbear03]

I should apologize for my "yuck" comment earlier. You guys make some good points and these things aren't designed to be race cars. I've got the 5.3 and it's no supercar on the takeoff either.

 

[100cars]

It seems to be gaining power with more miles as it gets broken in.

 

[OR VietVet]

It seems to be gaining power with more miles as it gets broken in.

At this point that diesel engine is tight. It gets a little sloppier and some components do not have to work so hard to do their job. I have heard so many times, by all types of diesel driver's, that the diesel engine is not even getting broke in till the 100k miles mark.

I should edit this though, that those diesel driver view points were with older design diesels. The newer designs may have a whole different sweet spot as time goes by.

 

[Stbentoak]

I’ve heard 40-60k miles, but it’s certainly not the second oil change, which is what most of the world thinks…..