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Old 07-09-2009, 03:45 PM   #25 (permalink)
bgd73
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oldscoob - '87 subaru wagon gl/dr
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that camper caught my interest as a kid, they have been since the mod 80s(?) . anyhoo, as years and education went by...I pondered an overseas "hilux" diesel four cylinder turbo right in the v6 place. the extra 2 fires in the location it is in is not worth it on fast fuel. it needs a torquers fuel.

speaking of camper, I was on 95 sounthern new england in a tractor trailer recently. A crazy elderly person doing 80 in a long motorhome with skinny wheels and 2 pipes out the back with a headered sound. it must have been 35-40 feet long, very old. the last time i got a metallically suidicing engine smell this gave off was hauling a 5000 pound tractor behind an old 350 ci chevy pickup. Why did they even bother? time for the little diseles to tell it like it is. the turbo versions with ECU programmability to day could make a real einstein...and predictable 30mpg for more than 2 tons...
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