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Re: [Locost_Theory] Re: diesel

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

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 3:12 PM, mike <miker_54491@...> wrote:
> 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 trailer when she goes camping with the "sisters on the
> fly" a fly fishing, camping group of women several hundred strong. a
> small diesel should have no problems pulling that trailer. there are a
> lot of B210's around if i went to gas but gas has disadvantages of it's
> own. like exaust inspections everytime you want to get new plates. most
> states do not require and inspection for diesel engines. then there are
> other factors like great milage, long life, ect. If you have a better
> candidate (in the diesel arena) in mind please let me know. and yes an
> in line power train would be be easyer to deal with, if i could find
> one at a decent price.
>
>> Some might argue that they don't liek diesel engines, but that's not
>> really a technical issue and the low RPM torque of a diesel can be
> handy.
>>
>> --
>> May the chuntey be with you...



Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:16 am

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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
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Jun 28, 2008
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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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Aug 21, 2008
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