[Vwdiesel] diesel conversions

[James Hansen]

Oh, you need to find one off a New Holland self propelled bale wagon.
(no kidding) it comes stock with a bellhousing to mount to a ford gearbox.

If you ever need to meet emissions, the 354 won't do it. Very high 
combustion temps.  exhaust from one hurts the eyes...
-james

James Hansen wrote:
> 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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