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Old 05-27-2008, 12:19 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Nice thing about a diesel is that they easily can be juiced up for short bursts using propane. Since they operate on excess air the auxilairy fuel is blowtorched into combustion by the diesel. The trick is getting the injection rate right and not advancing your injection when on propane.

The effect is like that of a gas engine on nitrous.

The M-B (Sprinter) engine can take the additional pressures. The VW might be iffy.
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