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Ya'll are definitely right about the motorcycle engine... I was only thinking about the broad rpm range and small displacement. A diesel, if I can find one at a decent price, would be great.
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10-18-2009, 09:36 PM
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Hmm, a small diesel powered 600 would have a certain charm. But seeing as these are 5-10 times the price of their gasoline counterparts, are there any lower-cost sources of small diesel engines? Used sailboat engines maybe?
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10-22-2009, 11:26 AM
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I'm gonna go look and see what the cars look like. The email I got back said that they were not in good shape.
What about putting a 3cyl metro engine and manual tranny in it? At better than 600lbs lighter than a metro and smaller frontal area, I should be able to pull 60+ mpgs easy.
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the car in stock form should get 70mpg at 40ph and around 40mpg and 70mph, mostly due to it having a 3 speed transmission...
I would look in to fuel injection, you might be able to make the fuel injection from a metro work.
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10-22-2009, 07:37 PM
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I have a kubota D600 out of a riding lawn mower 16 HP at 1 gallon per hour, if memory serves me right.
600 cc 3 cyl diesel.
Revs to 3k RPM.
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...doesn't the 600 have a "chain-drive" to the rear wheels? Or, am I thinking of a different Honda?
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No, its FWD.
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Maybe a Briggs and Stratton Vanguard?
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...doesn't the 600 have a "chain-drive" to the rear wheels? Or, am I thinking of a different Honda?
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Chain drive but it's front wheel drive, the chain is fully enclosed and runs between the engine and the transmission, kind of like it's done on the Saab's. |
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Chain drive but it's front wheel drive, the chain is fully enclosed and runs between the engine and the transmission, kind of like it's done on the Saab's.
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...Thanks! that is what I thought, although I was obviously way off on front- versus rear-drive!
...I saw and rode in a 600 while stationed on Guam back in '66-'68, and later heard of the "woes" epeople encountered trying to bring them back to the 'States from Japan. California was one state that "banned" them from the highways--as I recall--because of their chain drive, which was deemed "not safe". Ironically, motorcycles aren't banned and THEY still use chain-drives.
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