On Feb 4, 12:56 pm, "Noddy" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "the_dawggie" <the_dawg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:91a3b3be-474b-4b93-a737-
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> > 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 ****? :)
I learnt that on the ***mins diesel list many years
ago. And it is very very true.
Yeah, I jump in a 4 cylinder petrol ****er, and it
behaves that way. In my diesel, I'd have a problem
trying to stall it.
> > Agreed, in SI form.
>
> In *all* forms.
>
> The type of fuel being burnt doesn't alter anything.
The type of fuel, meybe not. I can burn petrol in my
diesel engine up to around a 40% point (don't try diesel
in your petrol engine - it might end up cactus) The way the
engine works alters a lot of stuff. Do I have to worry
about spark plugs and ignition system ... no. Do I
have to worry about timing or fuel quality to the point
the thing pings itself to death... no. It either starts or it doesn't.
Do I have to worry about stale fuel - no. Can I make my
own fuel - yes.
The engine is a very different design to petrol. I spent
the early years of my life suffering with SI engines (still
have a couple) I hate them.
> > 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.
A ***mins 6BT would ****e all over your NA 8 cylinder petrol
or LPG stuff.
> 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.
Put the right diesel into it.
> It normally ups the performance by a long way as well :)
I'd need to see it to believe it.
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