Can anyone explain to me why aren't diesels more popular

Shit powerband

>>17706222
>>17706246
This, you have like 1500rpm of usable power

The best drift cars have power from down low so they can stick it in 3rd and leave it there

You need the ability to change the speed of the rear tires quickly enough that they start to slide rather than hook up. Once you lose the back end, it's waaay easier to keep the tires spinning than it is to break them loose.

Coefficient of kinetic friction vs static for those who paid attention in physics.

Diesels don't really busy the back end loose. Youve got concentrated power, that's it.

It's just as effective to start that slip by dropping a gear and slowing the tires down as it is to punch the gas and speed em up, it's just waaaay harder on your clutch.

This is why normies think handbrake skids are drifts.

>>17706264
>3rd
lmao what the fuck do you drive, a miata?

>>17706282
Lol Miata is always the answer right guys ?

>>17706282
Most Nissan drifters want r200 Nismo LSDs because the more aggressive diff let's you drift third. Gives you more acceleration gears

>>17706222
They make all their power at low revs and are generally sluggish and heavy. Why do you think there are no diesel race cars?

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>>17706359
>>17706390

>>17706390
>>17706393
A few meme endurance cars don't count.

>>17706397
>there are no diesel race cars
>post two very succesful endurance race cars
>"doesn't count"

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>>17706397

throttle response is less crisp with a diesel, narrower powerband

>>17706399
Literally doesn't. There are probably a few child rocket scientists, but that doesn't make them a significant enough majority to be worth talking about.

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>>17706264
But diesels literally give you power from the low. You don't need to rev them high, because they cannot even rev high anyway. It's technically perfect for that.

>>17706460
He's retarded.
Diesels are inherently better for drifting because they have a linear torque curve.

>>17706467
So why aren't diesels more popular in drifting?

>>17706470
They're starting to be in the european scene.
In the american scene and japanese it's obvious why they aren't.

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>powerstroke swapped R32
>rolling coal alongside tire smoke

>>17706470
the drift-"school" nearby uses 1series and 3series diesels as loaner cars if you dont want/ can't do it in your own can

>>17706460
>>17706467
to clarify, a high powered diesel has a tiny power band, usually after boredom inducing turbo lag. not good for drifting. you have to shift gears way too much.

There is a good reason most Formula D guys use an LS with a massive turbo. Big capacity with a big turbo means lots of power everywhere.

The guys who aren't using an LS a generally using nitrous to speed up turbo spool to create a wider power band.

With a diesel you can't have the best of both worlds, lots of power with a wide power band to use it. At least not with any cheap or readily available engines.