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I am leaning towards a diesel vw rabbit as a donar car, can anyone come
up with a reason why the rabbit would not be a decent choice? especialy
one with a fresh (less then 30 thousand miles) rebuild? I have seen the
reciepts and called the place that did the rebuild so i know that part
of the story is true.
Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:45 pm

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I am leaning towards a diesel vw rabbit as a donar car, can anyone come up with a reason why the rabbit would not be a decent choice? especialy one with a... 		mike
miker_54491
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11:13 am

... It's the VW Golf Mk1, right? A bit old but if it runs it should be OK. A bit sad to wreck a car that is somewhat of a classic, but... The engine would have...
Staffan Vilcans
liftarn42
Offline Send Email 		Jun 28, 2008
6:24 pm

i hear what your saying about that car. the reason i am looking at a diesel is that one of it's many uses would be for my wife to use it to pull her little...
mike
miker_54491
Offline Send Email 		Jun 29, 2008
1:00 am

Mike, There's a guy over on the locostusa.com forums that is building/has built a diesel locost. You might stop over and ask him any questions. --JOsh...
Josh
mottzdman
Offline Send Email 		Jun 29, 2008
8:31 am

Hey, I'm over here too! I just haven't had much theoretical to say lately. My diesel is probably not what your're looking for, it's built for maximum fuel...
Jack McCornack
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 29, 2008
1:54 pm

I once owned an 85 Jetta diesel (non-turbo) with 52 screaming HP. It got just about 50 MPG average highway and was livable in a 2500 lb car. It would have been...
Fred Huff
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Offline Send Email 		Aug 21, 2008
6:20 am

Yes. Diesel in a locost makes good sense. Maybe not the rocket racer that some want, but it would make one heck of a sporty green machine! Besides, imagine if...
Raymond McGill
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Offline Send Email 		Aug 21, 2008
1:09 pm
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