opie Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I know there's the project at one of the state schools regarding a diesel powered veggie oil diesel, but does anyone have any experience with a diesel motor in a Z? Will it mate to other transmissions? Does anyone know what the fuel mileage was for these? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperZ Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 MO - unless you were converting the LD28 to turbo and boosting it to 25-30 psi, the diesel would be very slow, and slow and Zs don't go together. I am very interested in diesels though. I just bought a Benz along with a parts car - a 300D, and will be converting it to veggie as soon as I get it running right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opie Posted June 9, 2003 Author Share Posted June 9, 2003 Oh yeah, it's gonna be slow. Speed is just a motor pull away with a Z though. Wonder what the MPG is on one though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrenp Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 i donno iv'e seen some pretty fasy cummins diesel motors like in the dodge trucks i believe? you could alwasy go detroit GM 6-71 or 8-71 supercharged! your z would only weigh 4X as much as it does now. pump out 150hp and the rear wheels would never see the ground again. but hey look at the bright side with a motor that big in a z i guess you would get the owww ahhhhh effect. or maybe the ahhhahahahah thats dumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opie Posted June 10, 2003 Author Share Posted June 10, 2003 I wouldn't do it for speed. I hadn't planned to turbo it or anything. Just to experiment a bit. I just got another complete diesel motor and have thought about it. Anybody have fuel economy figures on the diesel Max? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrenp Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 fuel economy Z that doesn't sound right. why not just buy one of those hybrid hondas? z's get fairly good gas milage any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opie Posted June 11, 2003 Author Share Posted June 11, 2003 Anybody ever have one of these? There's a couple around here, but I haven't seen the owner's out somewhere to ask them yet. I'm not after speed at the moment. I just don't want to drive around in a plain old Maxima and a there's a 71 240 close by for a few hundred dollars that needs a fuel tank/hood/fender and brake rewiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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