[Vwdiesel] Diesel Magazine?
William J Toensing
toensing at wildblue.net
Fri Jan 27 14:28:07 PST 2012
Does anyone know of any diesel magazine in English devoted to passenger cars? I am aware of & subscribe to Diesel Power magazine but it is 99% devoted to big American pickup trucks, not passenger cars & RV's & is mostly devoted on how to hop up diesels to win drag races, tractor pulls, etc with little emphasis on how to improve MPG. It should have how to articles on:
1) repair & maintaining VW,Mercedes, & other diesel powered passenger cars & small pickup trucks.
2) converting gas to diesel engines in Focus, Chrysler minivan, Jeep, plus foreign makes that offer a diesel option on similar models sold in Europe.
3) Shops, if any, that do diesel conversions on passenger cars, SUV's, RV's & light trucks.
4) European junkyards that can be trusted in exporting good diesel engines along with transmissions, if necessary, & related parts to enable the conversion of gas to diesel cars here.
5) Running diesel engines on waste vegetable oil which would compare various kits available, one & two tank systems & other modifications necessary to do this successfully. It should include what filters you need to properly filter WVO & where to buy them. Would also include articles on processors that process WVO into biodiesel.
6) Ways to improve fuel economy & otherwise save money without being penny wise & pound foolish by making modifications that shorten engine & component life
7) Covers, road tests, & evaluates new passenger cars as they become available in the USA market.
8) Covers European diesel cars that are 25 years old that are still somewhat still available in Europe, where to find them, reliable dealers, repair shops & how to import them with minimum hassle. FYI, you can legally import foreign cars that are 25 years old or older that don't conform to USA safety & smog regulations.
This blog has been good at providing a lot of this info but would like to have a good paper magazine that does that.
Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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