Jason & Katie wrote. > actually, the big Cat 4cylinders can be shoehorned into a full sized pickup, > and they get about 20 mpg in the rigs they were designed for. in the smaller > PU's they should get a major boost in mileage because there's so much less > weight to shove around.
Correct the big Cat 4's will fit. However the Big Cat 4 cylinders (3304 etc) are not known to run continuously at 4K to 5K RPM, The connecting rods have gradings, from memory, of 2oz differences in weight as acceptable. They are also not so good in the power to weight ratio. John Deere makes a very good 4 cylinder with twin rotating balance shafts. This again will run all day at 2,200 but not at the 4K to 5K range required by transportation, they are also very heavy. Both the above makes are not cheep for parts or purchase. The P3 was the Perkins fitted to taxis for a while in the 30's and the P4 and P6 fitted to buses and other machines of the time such as loaders and the Massey Ferguson tractor. The 3 cylinder engines, plus the 6 & 12 etc, take the least in balancing as they are all dynamically balanced thus there weight can be reduced through the lack of counter balance shafts or weighted crankshafts. Doug. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zeke Yewdall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 9:57 AM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] American diesels > > > The V-8 Ford diesels are actually made by international I think, not > Mazda like the small ones. Everyone here seems to like the 6 cylinder > Cummins diesel's in the dodge pickups, but not the ford or chevy V8 > ones much.... I think Isuzu actually makes the new chevy ones now, > but not sure on that. > > Funny that the ford-8 diesels are so problematic (I know one person > who switched to the chevy 6.5liter since they felt it was so much more > reliable...), since the 6 cylinder commercial international diesels > are great. We've got one of them in a school bus that's been running > veggie oil for a few years. > > On 5/18/06, lres1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Fords should not be too much of a problem as in many parts of the > > world > > Ford is connected to Mazda and thus the smaller Mazda Diesel engines. > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > The smallest one is the Jeep Liberty - fairly heavy and still no stick > > > shift model. > > > The last US build diesels were the ill-fated 5.7 liter conversions of > > > the 70's. Miserable cars. > > > > > > The Dodge Cummins diesel trucks are fine, as are most of the Fords. The > > > GM;s 6.2's were weak - the later models better. > > > there were many models available 20 years or so ago - Isuzu, Toyota, > > > Mazda, MB and VW. ONly VW and still offer diesel cars. > > > > > > bob allen wrote: > > > > > > >about the only american made diesels are trucks with engine > > > >displacements > > of about 7 liters. No > > > >small trucks and no sedans. > > > > > > > > > > > >Jan Warnqvist wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hello everybody in the Americas! I have one question for you > > > >>concerning > > > >>BD and the cars consuming it. It seems as if you all are prefering > > > >>European cars for fueling BD instead of American diesels. Is that > > > >>true, > > > >>and in this case why? 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