Re: 4cyl. AMC 's - The New Gold Standard -

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx
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" On March 25, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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" > Personally, with Diesel @ $1.45
" > now - those Turbo Diesel Jettas
" > are looking better - 
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" I was just there again this past Feb, and had a little SMART CAR 4 dr.  I saw Jeep Cheerokees that were diesel powered, as they'd lumber by me when I was walking in the heavy snow that was falling darn near the whole time I was there.  It would take some engineering, and some research, but a turbo-diesel Hot Rod American might be the ticket for the future...

you should see what the diesel pickup crowd is doing!  500hp / 1000
ft/lbs from a cummins 6bt...  and that was a year or two ago.

do a web search - there's a whole industry on it, and the ford and gm
pickup diesels.

of course, these engines are way too big for any postwar car, tipping
the scales at nearly half a ton for both the cummins and ford's
powerstroke, but there's plenty o' ideas there!  the gm 6.2/6.5 and
the newer ford and gm aluminum v8 diesels could be squeezed into an
ambo, but scarcely anything smaller.
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