Try to get one of the Audi TDI diesel engines of the Le Mans winning diesel
cars!
I now drive my 8th diesel powered car and still love the torque power and
reliability. Last but not least is the great economy of these engines and
the long life of these.
I have driven:
1978 VW Golf 1.5 D - launched me thrice even when the engine was switched
off
19080 VW Passat 1.5 D - great car - never failed
1986 Citrokn BX 1.9 - COMFORT
1994 Rover Estate 2.0 Direct diesel injection - hell of a noise
1998 Peugeot 1.9 diesel - very comfy long distance runner
2002 VW Sharan 1.9 TDI automatic - MPV with economy - lazy!
2000 Audi A6 1.9 TDI automatic - great car - never has let me down and it
had ran 340,000 kilometers when parting
2006 VW Passat 19 TDI Comfortline wagon - great comfort lots of room (will
drive to Munich tomorrow ....)
this one is the economics winner - runs 18.5 kilometers per liter diesel
fuel = more than 11 miles per liter fuel!
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
To: "Bill Saidel" <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>; "MG List"
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: General question
> Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu> wrote: Any purists reading this
> might want to hit the delete button now.
>
> For the rest of you, has anyone on the list discussed or know of a
> conversion of an MGB to either an electric car or to a diesel so it
> can run on vegetable oil?
> There was an interesting article in the NYTimes yesterday about a
> vegetable oil conversion diesel Volkswagon and I got to
> thinking. Take out the heavy engine (replace it with heavy
> batteries???? :) ) and my 76 B would weight ~1700-1800 lbs. I would
> think that would be in the ballpark for an electric conversion.
>
> Or replace with a diesel and one of the conversion kits mentioned in
> the article.
> Why? I could see doing this if it was a daily driver, but.....
>
> I would never consider electric. First off, the batteries would weigh a
> TON, way more than the 500 or 600 pounds that the engine and transmission
> weigh. And that would take away the whole character of the car. And I
> have a problem with electric cars anyways, being that while they are
> touted as being environmentally-friendly, the rpower to recharge them has
> to come from a (coal-fired?) plan somewhere.
>
> OTOH, diesel would be kinda cool, and you could probably find a diesel
> engine that would fit. You'd still have the torquey nature of the B and
> it probably wouldn't be too much louder than a B with typical noisy
> lifters!
>
>
>
>
> Dan D
> The Garden State
> '76 MGB Tourer - Driver - "On the Road Again....!"
> '65 MGB Tourer Project - Yep, still is....
> '04 Audi A4 1.8T q MT-6 - quattro, baby!
> NAMGBR #5-2328
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