Smokeyone wrote:
Has anyone looked into the idea of converting the rover/buick ali
block v8 into a diesel. It's something I have been thinking about for
a while but wondered if someone has actually tried it.

Thanks
Smokeyone

Why re-invent the wheel?
There are excellent common-rail
turbodiesels on the market from every
major auto manufacturer right now.
Some good examples:

Mercedes Benz V6, aluminum block, ~ 200
kg, 3.0 liters, 224 HP at 4000 RPM, 510
Nm from 1600 to 2800 RPM:
http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...ercedes/1.html

Volkswagen V6, vermicular graphite cast
iron (GGV) block, ~200 kg, 3.0 liters,
225 HP at 4000 RPM, 500 Nm from 1750 to
2800 RPM:
http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...kswagen/1.html

Isuzu V6, aluminum block, 177 HP, used
by a broad sprectrum of GM cars (Saab,
Opel, Vauxhall, Isuzu duh, even the
Renault Espace and Vel Satis):
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/motoring/fi...5/story_1.html

Isuzu V8, 300 HP at 3100 RPM, 520 ft-lb
at 1800 RPM, used in all top of the line
GM trucks:
http://www.canadiandriver.com/testdr...lverado_hd.htm

etc., etc.

All these engines produce about 1 HP per
kg of weight, brute amounts of torque in
the aviation range of RPM's (1800-2800),
they are turbo-normalized, inherently
fuel efficent, and they are right here
right now for a thousand bucks for a
salvaged engine to five to ten thousand
bucks for a crate engine. Not some pie
in the sky Deltahawk for forty thousand
bucks :-(
The devil is in the detail of course,
you have to do your own homework.
Kumaros
It's all Greek to me