" From: fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx " " On March 25, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: " " " > Personally, with Diesel @ $1.45 " > now - those Turbo Diesel Jettas " > are looking better - " " [] " " 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. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought