X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtp113.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.212] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with SMTP id 983955 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:28:55 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.198.212; envelope-from=downing.j@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 1785 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2006 02:28:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mom) (downing.j@sbcglobal.net@69.209.127.239 with login) by smtp113.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Feb 2006 02:28:11 -0000 Message-ID: <005801c6310e$79698720$4001a8c0@gateway.2wire.net> From: "John Downing" To: "flyrotary" Subject: diesels Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:29:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0055_01C630E4.8FD1B5C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C630E4.8FD1B5C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I took a look on Dogpile search engine and = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel.engine came up and it tells more = than you may like to know. There is a diesel 4 cylinder opposed engine = manufactured in East Germany certified for a direct replacement for the = Cessna 172. My old farm tractor has compression of 14 to 1 and smokes = like crazy. The new engines go to 25 to 1. Injection pressure has = increased from 2800 psi of 40 years ago to 24,000 to 26,000 lbs with = electronic fuel injection, result, new diesels smoke very, very little = and are quite effecienct. In 1970 I drove a Mack truck getting 2.3 = miles per gallon, today 6 to 8 mpg is not uncommon. Any way Rusty, you = can put the aircraft diesel in you RV and burn anything from peanut oil = to Jet A. JohnD ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C630E4.8FD1B5C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I took a look on Dogpile search engine = and http://en.wikipedia.o= rg/wiki/Diesel.engine=20 came up and it tells more than you may like to know. There is a = diesel 4=20 cylinder opposed engine manufactured in East Germany certified = for a=20 direct replacement for the Cessna 172. My old farm tractor has = compression=20 of 14 to 1 and smokes like crazy. The new engines go to 25 to = 1. =20 Injection pressure has increased from 2800 psi of 40 years ago to 24,000 = to=20 26,000 lbs with electronic fuel injection, result, new diesels smoke = very, very=20 little and are quite effecienct. In 1970 I drove a Mack truck = getting 2.3=20 miles per gallon, today 6 to 8 mpg is not uncommon. Any way Rusty, = you=20 can put the aircraft diesel in you RV and burn anything from = peanut oil to=20 Jet A. JohnD

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