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

[82 Diesel Westy]

Oh, he used the propane for extra power and cooling of
the EGT's really when pulling the heavy camper up big
hills.  He did not use it for cold weather starting. 
Just a hole in the intake manifold, a tube attached to
a special valve device that decided when the propane
was needed I think based on a temp sensor in the
exhaust down pipe.

Again, it was a NICE setup.

Bryan


--- Terry Briggs <vbriggs at stny.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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