Diesel Donor car (NAC)

[Roa, Greg]

Mark, if you do a bit of reading or a search on the audifans vw diesel
list, thre was a gentleman who did just this within the past few months.
A bit of browsing should bring it up.  He was also using a 1.5 or 1.6 NA
diesel from a Rabbit, and was running it at 1800 RPM on diesel, as well
as used transmission fluid and oil.  He had linked to pictures of it,
and it looked like a very nicely thought out piece of work.

It seemed to work well, but he had some internal coking problems with
the engine running steady RPM for a long time.

If I remember correctly, the one thing that he was still having problems
with was the interface between the motor and generator.  He had some
sort of flexible system set up, but I don't recall what the resolution
was.

I'm sure if you hopped on there and asked for more details he'd be happy
to help.

Good Luck!
Greg Roa
Cincinnati, OH
86' 4kcscq
87' 5kcstq
83' 944
00' Jetta TDI


> From: Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net>
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>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!