Re: DML:Diesel in a Dakota

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Mon Apr 19 2004 - 16:40:20 EDT


Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
[...]
: If I bother doing anything with the under-hood bits of the RC in the
: short term it'll either be moving the 360 to propane (or rebuilding it
: and then running propane) or finding a cheap way to do EFI (maybe a
: certain less-tired 318 plus MegaSquirt?).
: I don't have any experience with it yet, but I'm sure that my carb
: won't like funny angles any more than any other carb, and
: stalling/flooding offroad al the time would just be annoying.

   There are "offroad" carbs available which are designed to run
at angles steeper than traditional carbs, but if you went the
Megasquirt route and were careful about keeping your costs down,
I wouldn't be surprised if you could go the EFI route for the same
money or less.

-- 
                                          -Jon-

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