Diesel Donor car (NAC)

[Jim Dupree]

There are probably better industrial engines available
but there were a lot of small diesel engines used in
cars in the early eighties.
The vw diesel engine was used in the Rabbit, Jetta,
Quantum, Rabbit Pick-up, Vanagon, Audi 4000 (was even
a few 4000 turbo diesels) and I have even seen it in a
commercial lawn mower. Picture walked into your local
VW dealership and there is a big lawn mower in the
service bay. 
Isuzu sold the Imark thru about 1984 with a 1.8L
diesel engine and they had a 2.2L diesel in their
pick-up.  The Chevy Chevette had a 1.8L diesel up till
about 1985.
Both Nissan and Toyota had diesels (2.2L/2.4L)in their
trucks and Nissan even had a 6 cyl diesel in the 810.

Probably any of these can be found cheap but will they
turn your generator???


--- Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm thinking about building a Diesel powered
> emergency generator - 
> just in case.
> 
> I can buy an 1,800 rpm generator head (which I
> understand is superior 
> and longer lasting than the 3,600 rpm items) which
> will give me 10 to 
> 15 KW, which will require 13 to 20 hp (with 750
> watts = 1 hp) to drive it.
> 
> I was thinking (take cover!) that if I found a
> banged up Diesel 
> Rabbit, that would give me a complete Diesel power
> package - engine, 
> radiator, starter, fuel system, exhaust system,
> complete, and I just 
> get to put this onto an angle-iron stand and connect
> the power head 
> to the flywheel - and away we go.
> 
> Hopefully, the Rabbit motor will give 20 hp or so at
> 1,800 rpm.
> 
> Anyway, I'm looking for input here on two subjects -
> one, is this a 
> particularly practical idea to start with? Are there
> any 
> show-stoppers here? Two, are there any other
> possible donor cars - I 
> know there was a 4K Diesel (there's the Audi
> content!) and I've even 
> seen one in a junkyard (years ago), but what other
> small Diesel cars 
> are there which are cheap, rusty and not terribly
> hard to find?
> 
> (One advantage of buying a complete car is that the
> parts I need are 
> "self delivering" - it's already on wheels and can
> be towed!
> 
> Mike Arman
> 90 V8, not just a car, an ADVENTURE!
> 
> 
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