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Re: [T3] Could it work?



<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0" charset="iso-8859-1/macintosh">I'd like to hear more about that diesel engine you're talking about, any other info?<BR><BR><B><I>russw &lt;russw@classicvw.org&gt;</I></B> wrote:  <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 00:15 +0100, Dave Hall wrote:<BR>&gt; I'm not sure he meant to make a Beetle engine into a diesel, but to put in an <BR>&gt; air-cooled diesel engine. I don't know if they're available built lightly <BR>&gt; enough and air-cooled. Most of the lightweight vehicle diesels are water-cooled <BR>&gt; anyway.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Brazil used to have Beetles that ran on alcohol distilled from fermented sugar <BR>&gt; cane. I don't know the technical and financial costs though, but it worked.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; I also recall a Beetle with a steam-engine. As long as you can pick up more <BR>&gt; water along the route, you could burn most fuels in that, probably.<BR>&gt; <BR>My brother has perfected a kit to put a Kubota 2
 cyl diesel in a Geo<BR>Metro. He says it wouldnt be too hard to do it with a bug.<BR><BR>-- <BR>russw <RUSSW@CLASSICVW.ORG><BR><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>&#32;
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