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Originally Posted by Fogelhund
I believe that is the progressive and better way to go. I don't know if the block of the diesels can be made light enough to get down to this weight though...
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You can make them a lot lighter by making an aluminum block but then that has no relevance to road car design because an aluminum block can't meet EU and EPA emissions targets.
The smallest diesel engine my company makes is a 3.3-liter and its mass is 265kg for a reference point.