Diesel Donor car (NAC)

[Brett Dikeman]

On Sep 1, 2005, at 10:01 PM, Jim Dupree wrote:

> 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)

The 4000 never received the diesel- it was too heavy.  Only the 5000  
got the diesel in the US, and it was -exceptionally- rare, with good  
reason; they were reportedly garbage (I think the pump was  
unreliable, and cost more than the car was worth.)

Buy a Honda generator.  They're quieter, more fuel efficient, better  
emissions, produce cleaner power, more reliable, easier to service,  
won't kill you if you look at it funny, and they're rather compact.

Or, just keep an eye on craigslist and ebay.  Occasionally industrial  
equipment goes for a song on both.

There's a site dedicated to completely home-brew electric generation  
devices; they have an impressively efficient generator design that  
doesn't require too much in terms of fabrication skills and fancy  
materials.  If I can find/think of the URL, I'll let you know.

Brett
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