[Vwdiesel] diesel conversions

James Hansen jhsg at sasktel.net
Wed Feb 28 00:53:11 EST 2007


That would be a 354 Perkins.
Good motors.
-james

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/27/2007 8:47:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> vbriggs at stny.rr.com writes:
> 
>> Myself am just wanting to get a bit better fuel mileage on a small 
>> truck, I could get a decent gm with a 6.2, but I'm looking for much 
>> better than what it can provide as far as mileage goes, plus I really 
>> don't need a full size truck, I'm just being practical really, all I 
>> have to haul around are a couple motorcycles and a small utility 
>> trailer, so the big truck is a bit of over kill.
> 
>   Talked to a guy in Pacific Beach that had heard stories about
> an older full size that made 50mpg.  He didn't really believe it 
> until he took a fishing trip or such with the guy and paid for 
> the fuel.  It DID it!  He said he had a Perkins (don't know what 
> size) with a std behind that and a two speed I believe, behind 
> that.  One of these trips we'll have to look the guy up and see 
> just what all he has and get some straight numbers.  
>      Loren
> 
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