by "Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 4, 2008 at 12:56 PM
"the_dawggie" <the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:91a3b3be-474b-4b93-a737-
> You are thinking SI, not CI. Things are a bit different. You are not
> hitting the piston with a hammer, but pu****ng it down like a coffee
> plunger.
Who told you that ****? :)
> Agreed, in SI form.
In *all* forms.
The type of fuel being burnt doesn't alter anything.
> When you see a little 6 litre turbo diesel straight six do what
> it did, I doubt your V8 would be in the running.
You need to get out more.
Most people who convert old busses into motor homes make pulling the
Diesel
engine out and replacing it with a gas burning SI engine one of their top
priorities.
It normally ups the performance by a long way as well :)
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Regards,
Noddy.