Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:19:05 -0500
Reply-To: neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From: neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Diesel (AAZ) engine conversion questions
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Oh dang it! Now you've made me Google and research
emissions stuff! Ack! Too much reading hurt
brain......
;^)
Previous net reading material, brought me to the idea
that I could, at the very least, run a diesel blend,
sometime in the future. True that's a far way off if
it were to happen at all, though locally there is
hope. I know that the University of BC has been doing
some practical research with limited production of
veggie fuel being used on their maintenance vehicles.
This provides some hope though I'm sure there isn't a
local veggie fuel supplier and very likely there isn't
a blend provider either. I could be wrong on those
counts. Haven't looked into it lately.
As for fuel prices, a quick search of local $'s shows:
95-105 Cnd/litre
Diesel 95 Cnd /litre
I'm not under a false belief that I would save money
(locally) on fuel.
As for Subie VS VW diesel, there seem to be (as per
one online paper "buy and sell") less possible donor
cars than VW diesels. I haven't checked bone yards as
I'd prefer to see/hear a running donor as opposed to
cobbling *all* the parts together. I see the Subie as
a great fit, and have read that they are quite
durable, provide good-great (6 cly anyone?) HP gains,
and appear to get decent fuel mileage. For me, I could
live with less HP and I believe the diesel will get a
little better mileage, given the same driving
conditions, weight, and engine condition etc.
But dang it, now you're getting me thinking of the
Subie again! Anyhow....
I'm not under the impression that the diesel is
somehow "greener" in it's natural state. I was just
combining my appreciation of the ( in this case) NA
IDI diesels' simpler design, with possibly better fuel
efficiency, and a glimmering hope of B20, or dare I
say B100, being available in the future, somehow,
somewhere.
Of course all I really want to do, is be able to drive
my Westy with less guilt about contributing to
greenhouse effect etc. You know, "have my cake and
drive it too".
But that's another story......
conversationally speaking of course. ;^)
Neil.
--- mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Well, if you really want to generate conversations,
> I'll take up this
> specifically:
>
>
> > The subie would be way cool, but I really want to
> get away
> > from burning gas.
>
> I'm missing the point of this. Is it just that the
> diesel options offer
> great fuel economy or is there something
> intrinsically "greener" about
> burning diesel? If you plan to run recycled veg.
> oil, I can see it.
> Otherwise, a diesel still contibutes to CO load with
> the added kick of way
> more particulate emission.
> Is diesel fuel cheaper to produce, buy and use? It
> isn't in these parts
> (mid-Atlantic). Plan on using biodiesel or
> fryodiesel? Looks to be about a
> decade before it becomes an economically viable
> alternative.
>
> Diesels are presumably more reliable than an AC VW
> or the WBX but that
> Subaru engine is a workhorse. I can see the appeal
> of a diesel conversion if
> it got you a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency.
> What's the MPG projection
> for the diesel conversions you're considering? For
> the kind of driving
> of the Vanagon I do, the offset of fuel economy
> isn't greater than the power
> loss to a diesel.
>
> I'm just saying, you know, conversationally... ; )
>
> --
> mordo
> 1990 Carat
>
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