Didn't say it was plausible, just sounded cool ! :") Sheez, can't a guy
dream?
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><< Might be cool to see about the fuel injection unit for a daily driver. Or
>maybe even a cheaper cross flow head?
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><< ..... an 1800 cc diesel powered MG motor. The diferences were a cross
>flow head, fuel injection, and an oil cooler that exited the block through
>the preesure relief valve hole. ..... >> >>
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>This is not the same type of fuel injection that you may be familiar with
>seeing on gasoline engines. Diesel fuel injection is high pressure (almost
>instant) injection directly into the cylinders, with no spark required, as
>ignition comes from the heat of the high compression ratio. Lower
>compression gasoline engines would have to retain the spark ignition system.
> Also, for gasoline, the injector flow volume would have to be modified, not
>an easy modification to a mechanical injector unit. Diesel engines run with
>wide open air intake, and all the throttling is done by adjusting the fuel
>flow volume to the injectors.
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>Barney Gaylord -- 1958 MGA
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