[Vwdiesel] Stock head gasket on 1.6TD, 2 hole or 3 hole?

[Terry Briggs]

Wouldn't a propane injection system be a bit safer than the ether ? I 
know most the military trucks I worked on had the propane injection 
system for cold weather starting, and they just used off the shelf 1 
pound bottles you can get at wally world. Speaking of which, has anyone 
seen something like that for cars ?
On Jun 20, 2006, at 10:53 AM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/20/2006 7:34:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> mikitka at earthlink.net writes:
>
>> I really don't think there is such a thing as having
>> too much compression on a diesel is there????
>>
>>
>
>   For starting, not really but for running everything above design
> compression will cost mileage, performance (quickness) and
> acceleratation (lower fueling) due to fighting the higher CR.  The
> pistons are fighting against higher pressure to compress and
> the injectors are also fighting against a lower pressure differential
> to get the fuel out, in time, in a good pattern and at the correct
> volume.
>   This is the reason I've toyed with the idea of dropping the CR of
> my Rabbit's engine when I eventually get to doing the head gasket.
> I figured on trying about 19:1 to see what happens.  Haven't been
> quite that ambitious yet though.  If it pays off but the starting
> suffers enough then I could just dump the glow plugs for cold
> weather and go with ether injection.
>      Loren
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