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Old 10-26-2009, 03:23 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes View Post
I have a 4.5 HP Kubota diesel engine (EL300-AR). It was originally from one of those flashing highway arrows. What should I do with it? I saw it on craigslist earlier this year and couldn't say no. I was thinking bike or trike, but that might never happen. I could make a generator, but that's no fun to ride.

It's tempting to run it on WVO, but I'm not sure how tolerant it is of that stuff.

A diesel with 4.5 hp..
what is the torque number?
I remember driving a tractor called "suzue", little 2cyl AWD diesel. That had a crazy low hp number, but could pull the truck out of a field, and run pto in what looked like an 8 foot wide triple bladed bush-hog lawn cutter type deck. One of my first lessons about numbers written, about types of engines in the power dept..
HP is a loser.
Alot of power there, its called torque...
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