Re: [biofuel] fitting a diesel to a gasoline powered vehicle
don't give it a second thought paul. the list will run a fever now and then, but it somehow comes back onstream after a while. last time it was the 'mad cow list'. now it's the 'john wayne vs. the world list'. but it goes away snip cheers, dick. Very patronising, Dick. You really can't see the relevance of BSE to biofuels? Both the seed oil (Soybean, Canola, etc.) and the yellow grease markets are at a historic all time low with regard to market pricing. It is anticipated that prices will remain depressed for some time primarily due to the awareness of BSE (Mad Cow Disease) and its international effect on the animal proteins market. http://www.bioxcorp.com/ BIOX Corp. Plenty of biodiesel over next few years if it's as successful as they (BIOX) anticipate, and if animal fats cannot be fed back into animal feed markets. 1-2% blends into petrodiesel as lubricity additive at refinery level is a likely scenario in North America and elsewhere. This would take up the supply from animal fats and WVO. Allows use of ultra low sulphur diesel without sacrifice of lubricity. Allows use of catalytic converters, NOx adsorbers without poisoning the catalyst. Ed Beggs, Neoteric Biofuels Inc. http://www.biofuels.ca/ Oilseed prices are also low because of the GE controversy. Maybe we should start on that. Regards Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [biofuel] fitting a diesel to a gasoline powered vehicle/whoa
Hi John I see your a local boy, then you know the commodores, there are no transaxles, std differential housing, and besides old commodores just aren't worth anything anymore especially with a shot motor, would you mind if I contacted you, especially if you have done the petrol / diesel conversions before cheers Paul -Original Message- From: John [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2001 8:50 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject:Re: [biofuel] fitting a diesel to a gasoline powered vehicle/thanks for the info Whoa!! As a motor mechanic and engineer, we used to repower vehicles, mainly replacing petrol with diesel engines. But if you have a late model Opel, think again, I don't think that its going to be easy, have you thought of trying to match up the transaxles? Why butcher a perfectly good valuable asset? I suggest that you sell the Petrol burner and buy a diesel powered unit.. less heartache and expense.. John McLean thanks for the advise dick, it gives me a sound starting point, 2nd hand Japanese diesel engines are relatively easy to come by here, I can get a 3L turbo for around AUD $3000 (complete assembly) ready to drop in. My vehicle although GM is Australian made based on Opel from Germany and uses Japanese running gear (no wonder Australians are confused somedays). Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] fitting a diesel to a gasoline powered vehicle/thanks for the info
thanks for the advise dick, it gives me a sound starting point, 2nd hand Japanese diesel engines are relatively easy to come by here, I can get a 3L turbo for around AUD $3000 (complete assembly) ready to drop in. My vehicle although GM is Australian made based on Opel from Germany and uses Japanese running gear (no wonder Australians are confused somedays). I had been led to believe that the 6cyl petrol motor used in these vehicles was based on a Nissan diesel block design originally, it is speculation at this point, but it means if that is correct, marrying a 5speed transmission to it will be relatively easy, and hopefully I can line up engine mounts without too many modifications. Thanks again dick for all the advise and I will let you know how things progress. cheers Paul -Original Message- From: Dick Carlstein [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2001 12:04 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject:[biofuel] fitting a diesel to a gasoline powered vehicle From: Paul Cooksley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: Poppycock!!! /Bashing/OFF TOPIC As someone who has just logged onto this group, and only for a week at that, I feel that there appears to be a serious ego problem, culturally and parochially... don't give it a second thought paul. the list will run a fever now and then, but it somehow comes back onstream after a while. last time it was the 'mad cow list'. now it's the 'john wayne vs. the world list'. but it goes away I had asked a question re: had anybody gone throught the process of fitting a diesel plant to a vehicle designed for petrol and whether there were any problems with gearing ie do I need to change the rear differential... i farm in uruguay, and reside in argentina. in both places diesel conversions are common. usually they fit a used japanese high speed diesel to a gasoline pick-up truck or big american car. these engines are fast diesels, and rev up quite well. also they come equiped with five speeders, vs the std american three speeder (older vehicles), so they are more flexible in rpm/ratio putout. a bonus is that a lot of these fast diesels are lighter than the big six cylinders they replace. usually 2 - 3 liters. isuzu, toyota, nissan, etc. all work great. stay away from the 24 volt models. you shouldn't have any dif ratio problems. and if you do, it's easy to go to a smaller diameter tire/wheel. the conversion is simple. so go ahead and tackle it with the usual oz panache !!! and stay with us to tell us about results. cheers, dick. snip and be recognized as a warm, caring person. this is a public service message. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] fitting a diesel to a gasoline powered vehicle/thanks for the info
Whoa!! As a motor mechanic and engineer, we used to repower vehicles, mainly replacing petrol with diesel engines. But if you have a late model Opel, think again, I don't think that its going to be easy, have you thought of trying to match up the transaxles? Why butcher a perfectly good valuable asset? I suggest that you sell the Petrol burner and buy a diesel powered unit.. less heartache and expense.. John McLean thanks for the advise dick, it gives me a sound starting point, 2nd hand Japanese diesel engines are relatively easy to come by here, I can get a 3L turbo for around AUD $3000 (complete assembly) ready to drop in. My vehicle although GM is Australian made based on Opel from Germany and uses Japanese running gear (no wonder Australians are confused somedays). Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] fitting a diesel to a gasoline powered vehicle
From: Paul Cooksley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: Poppycock!!! /Bashing/OFF TOPIC As someone who has just logged onto this group, and only for a week at that, I feel that there appears to be a serious ego problem, culturally and parochially... don't give it a second thought paul. the list will run a fever now and then, but it somehow comes back onstream after a while. last time it was the 'mad cow list'. now it's the 'john wayne vs. the world list'. but it goes away I had asked a question re: had anybody gone throught the process of fitting a diesel plant to a vehicle designed for petrol and whether there were any problems with gearing ie do I need to change the rear differential... i farm in uruguay, and reside in argentina. in both places diesel conversions are common. usually they fit a used japanese high speed diesel to a gasoline pick-up truck or big american car. these engines are fast diesels, and rev up quite well. also they come equiped with five speeders, vs the std american three speeder (older vehicles), so they are more flexible in rpm/ratio putout. a bonus is that a lot of these fast diesels are lighter than the big six cylinders they replace. usually 2 - 3 liters. isuzu, toyota, nissan, etc. all work great. stay away from the 24 volt models. you shouldn't have any dif ratio problems. and if you do, it's easy to go to a smaller diameter tire/wheel. the conversion is simple. so go ahead and tackle it with the usual oz panache !!! and stay with us to tell us about results. cheers, dick. snip and be recognized as a warm, caring person. this is a public service message. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
