Diesel s10

[brian_elaine6820@ahoo.ca]

about 20 years ago I bought a 1984 Mazda diesel pick up It was just about rusted out but I drove it for about a year. About 1 year after I started driving it the frame started to flex so much the doors would not stay shut On very hot days I could get 50 mpg on a Canadian Gallon but got 40 most of the time: I pulled the drivetrain and put it in a s10 with a 3 cylinder dieselIt was reasonably easy to install with thoe only issue being extending the driveshaft . It worked reasonably well but the s10 did weigh about 500 lbs more than the Mazda and never really performed as well I sold it about 5 years ago and now am buyng it back I have owned several diesel vw and my last was a TDI that I could get 60 mpg Canadian if I droveit carefully Iwant my next project to be a 3 wheeler so I am looking for design Ideas Brian

[Frank Lee]

I see so when you did the engine swap somehow one cylinder got lost i don't get it how does it go from four cylinders to three from going from the Mazda to the Chevy anyhow that is a neat idea and a good project i suppose it should still get nearly as good mpg because 500 pounds isn't all that much when youare talking diesels and pickups so anyway i'm not clear on where you're at with this do you have the s10 running or not there are a quite a few discussions here about three wheelers and also pics from those that have made their own trikes some of them are quite cool I sure wish I could see 'em in person but pics will have to do for now yes a trike would be fun although some speculate that they'd be bad in the winter because of that one wheel that goes down the middle- not in the existing tire tracks also you get to register it as a motorcycle there may be some cost savings there but then do you have to wear a helmet who knows it probably varies from state to state or state to province or province to province there are those who argue that the tadpole layout is superior to the tricycle layout but i think it all depends on what performance parameters you are looking for for hardcore acceleration the tricycle layout is best for hardcore braking the tadpole is best now when it comes to cornering i'm not sure because either layout can be made to corner outstanding it depends on the weight and balance well more than anything the cg where it is fore and aft and also vertically

[ksa8907]

I feel like I need to balance this thread.

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[Frank Lee]

I don't know how having periods balances the thread out i mean come on there aren't any women here anyway well I don't think so anymore at one time there may have been one or two but they haven't posted lately so i don't think they'll be offended by this but then a gain some chivilrous male might step in for them i guess i'll just have to wait and see oh oh maybe I won't be able to what if i get banned again then it's oops i did it again heh heh a pun anyway i want to know more about the mazda diesel because i have one but not in an operational vehicle this mazda engine should be the same as mine mine is in a 84' Escort yeah the humongous one but those are 2.0 mazda units old school with the pre-chambers and mechanical injection pumps and what not but they could be found in Escorts Tempos Topaz Ranger oh I suppose Lynx too??? but in all cases it seems the general public reports 40 to 50 mpg U.S. aint' that the cat's meow another thing with the old school mechanical pump and prechamber layout is it's my understanding these are more suited for veggie oil conversions the time might be right for such a move as it appears to me we are at bottom as far as fuel prices go there is no way to go except up and diesel which years ago was cheaper than gasoline is now more expensive and will probably remain so forever because of the low sulphur requirements even though they add cost they are a good thing with so many diesel pistons going up and down and up and down adn up and down all the time because diesel owners for some reason think diesel engines don't use any fuel while idling what a ridiculous notion and another thing they must think diesels are hard to start well i don't know ab out you but i've never seen a crank on the front of a diesel engine so how hard is turning that key really??? but all those thousands and millions of pistons are going up and down 24/7 while doing zero work ZERO i tell you so something had to be done as far as reducing pollution goes so that's one reason i support low sulphur low emmission diesel technology because you know damn well there are just going to be more and more reciprocating pistons as time goes on you i go for walks most days when it isn't -20F and let me tell you it is my observation that the only two things people love doing is driving and reproducing drive and reproduce drive and reproduce what other conclusion can be drawn you see they connected two highways with my "residential" street now there is so much traf f*** i can barely get out of my driveway well there are no sidewalks so i have to walk on the street and these days it's all slushy and icy plus my tennis shoes are falling apart the soles flap down on 'em like the feet on Don Martin's Mad Magazine characters well OK maybe not exactly like that but you know what i mean the toe of the soles hangs down and when i walk through snow and slush my feet get soaked so i'm all "screw you guys" and i walk down the edge of the tire tracks and all those pickup and suv drivin' reproducers can just move the heck over and if they don't? well i think i might start carrying a sock full of rocks in my pocket and if someone gets too close they'll get a taste of sock rocks in their windshield 90% of those idiots don't live in this neighborhood in the first place don't they know what "residential" means come on P.S. do you suppose i can get one of those kickstarter campaigns what is that when people fund raise online for this and that the other day i saw where a guy was walking 30 miles or some such to work and someone found out about it and they did this online fundraiser for the guy and they raised like $300,000 and the guy didn't even need to spend a penny of it getting a car because a local Ford dealership gave him a new one a brand spanking new car can you fracking believe it how dumb is that are you telling me the guy couldn't find a $100 beater to drive? i can find cheap or free cars all day long and that 's what i drive but this aholllle gets a free new car and hundreds of thousands of dollars because he was too dumb to get a beater smdh smdh smdh well i want a new pair of tennis shoes so my feet don't get soaked lets go on kickstarter or whatever it is and raise about 700,000$ so i can get some nice nikes mmmkay?just look at this will younow i know how it feels to you know have that burrito swiped right outta my mitts because of ethanol that's right usa is the richest bestest country on earth how i ask how can such a travesty be allowed

[ninetynineSC2]

Anyone else give up on each post after the first couple sentences?

[fearone]

Yarp

[dirtydave]

Damn man you got some beat up shoes!
If you are seriously broke do the Ol hotswap at the walmart / Kmart.

[Frank Lee]

Originally Posted by ninetynineSC2

Anyone else give up on each post after the first couple sentences?

Don't let A.D.D. cause you to miss all the good stuff!

[JRMichler]

That must have been some really good stuff yesterday. Too bad it wore off in only an hour.

[Rembrant]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

...old school with the pre-chambers and mechanical injection pumps and what not but they could be found in Escorts Tempos Topaz Ranger oh I suppose Lynx too??? but in all cases it seems the general public reports 40 to 50 mpg U.S. aint' that the cat's meow...

This thread made my hed hurt...LOL.

However, I do remember all the oddball diesels of the 80's...

The domestic diesel compact cars and pickups were rare, at least where I was in Atlantic Canada....I remember seeing one diesel Chevette, and one diesel S10. A friend's father had a diesel Ford Ranger. There were a few diesel 4x4 Toyota pickups around...actually saw a real clean one for sale last year....I think it was an 86 or 87.

My old man bought a 1987 Nissan 2wd pickup with the SD25 diesel back when it was brand new. Rubber floor, vinyl bench seat, and no radio...LOL. He gave it to me about 10 years later with about 250k miles on it. I drove it for 3 years and put another 75k miles on it, and then gave it to my little brother. He drove it until about 350k miles and then the odometer finally broke. It didn't last long after that...it was startin' to get pretty clunky. When we finally did sell it, it left the yard under it's own power, and we got decent money for it at the time.

That truck was a bit of a hassle to get parts for, and it was a pig to start when cold, but it was reliable as all get out. With the pedal to the metal, downhill, it would do about 65 MPH wide open...lol.

Rem