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  1. kumaros

    50 HP two cycle diesel

    Please forgive me if I sounded harsh, but I'm really against crankcase compressed, thus oil burning, two-strokes. I have absolutely nothing against turbo/super-charged two-strokes, gas or diesel. Of course I would prefer diesel for the higher efficiency, but if an application required gas for...
  2. kumaros

    Two stroke engine tuning

    Hi Bob, I'm sorry to inform you that you have everything ass backwards. No matter the engine - carburetor combination, the sad fact is that the higher the altitude the less air thus less oxygen to burn your fuel, thus the mixture gets richer. Sure you aren't risking any piston seizures that...
  3. kumaros

    50 HP two cycle diesel

    Re: Daihatsu engine Extrapolating from the admittedly 4 stroke Toyota D-4D 1.4 liter diesel at 108 kg, the old style iron block D-4D 2.0 liter at 180 kg and the all new all aluminum D-4D 2.2 liter at 160 kg, I'd say this 659 cc engine weighs somewhere around 50 kg (~ 110 lbs.) Any pounds...
  4. kumaros

    50 HP two cycle diesel

    Take a look at the third of the engines shown in this URL: http://www.daihatsu.com/motorshow/tokyo02/eco/index.html If they put it in mass production, in the little K-cars so popular in Japan for tax reasons, there would be a flood of cheap ultraefficient two cycle diesels, freeing us from the...
  5. kumaros

    Toyota 2.2 D-4D New Engine of Choice

    In the AeroCanard I want to build, having ordered the plans and expecting delivery thereof, I want to install a turbo-diesel auto-conversion. I was contemplating the Mercedes Benz or Volkswagen 3.0 liter V6 225HP turbo-diesels, but their weight at ~ 450 pounds seems prohibitive; then I thought...
  6. kumaros

    My first post in this forum

    Greetings to all members of this forum. I have been a lover of all Rutan designs, OK maybe not of the Vari-Viggen :D , since I can remember, but could not afford the time or money to realize my dream. Anyway, with the completion of my home nearing its end, I can undertake something more...
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