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Sphere wrote on Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:55 pm: Actually, I would have thought you would have better luck with the 3-cylinder. It seems to work pretty well for the Daihatsu engines? From what smart people have told me, a turbo on a single cylinder is useless, because there is too much time between the tur...

Clemen Keonhardt's Gunbus has a Motogadget tachometer. I checked out the website and discovered Motogadget has some very neat products. Pricey, but as usual you get what you pay for. I wish I had found this stuff before designing the electrics for my project. I might make a few changes yet... http:/...

Slightly old news, but Clemens Leonhardt finished that monster V-twin that was in the background of the picture of the Hatz-powered diesel. If we need inspiration as to how to integrate components in a seemingly impossible jigsaw puzzle, this is it. The execution is flawless - a masterpiece. And 523...

In a parallel circuit the current is divided among the components based on the resistance of each. The voltage is the same for each component, when installed each glow plug on the bus would get approximately 1/3 of the available current. A glow plug would probably burn out more quickly by testing it...

Here's a picture of an adapter nut I made up for fitting a Karcoma fuel tap to a Dnepr fuel tank. Over the years 1950's - 1995 the Karcoma and similar Germa, Everbest petcocks were fitted on BMWs. The post 1973 version is most reliable. A rebuild consists of replacing one rubber seal/gasket. I've us...

Here's an interesting different take on the actual average horsepower of your single cylinder Lombardini, based on the average 140 miles per gallon fuel consumption on the motorway. I've converted everything to imperial measure for all us old farts. The weights / measures and conversion formulas use...

No telling who copied who, but Jeff Parker, who built the diesel / hydraulic drive cruiser a couple years ago built a very similar looking hydraulic 2WD bike called the Raccoon last year powered by a Honda petrol engine. There's a 3:33 minute video of the bike at the link below. Likely more hp than ...

Eesh. I wish we could get a turbo diesel 6-speed anything here. Very impressive mileage for a van. Sadly, by the time the automakers get around to importing them here, diesel fuel will be twice as expensive as petrol, negatingany benefit.

Will you stop it :lol: :lol: :lol: On Tiger 1 & 2, I was wondering what you could put in the empty space behind the engine - now I know. When you get used to the added power/torque of the Eaton supercharger, add an intercooler, increase the injector pressure, and turn up the fuel . :lol: Amazing...

Here are a couple solutions that may help you connect almost any electronic tachometer to your engine. There's a really neat gizmo called an electronic ratio box which converts the signal frequency (i.e. rpm) from a magnetic pickup, hall effect, or alternator signal to an output signal of a differen...

Heiko, I forgot to compliment you on your excellent workmanship and well designed diesel conversions. I am particularly impressed with the clean factory-like appearance and high quality custom parts. Thanks for sharing information with us and good luck with your future projects.

An uneducated guess is that if the compression of the petrol engine can be raised sufficiently by exchanging the pistons, the claimed altered combustion process and elimination of diesel knock may cause in petrol engine-like stresses on the bottom end, meaning the engine might not require any change...

From the Too Good To Be True Department , or Move Over Common Rail . From Green Diesel Corp, an Australian company (bold/underlined by me): A unitised system, each injector comes with its own inbuilt pump. Green Diesel Fuel injection system has significally altered the combustion process by altering...

Are you using a VDO drehzahlmesser electrische? How do you generate the signal?
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Perhaps a member who is using or considering a Winsun Vtwin should post a detailed reply to the new member from Winsun, suggesting the company produce a separate model fitted with the Lombardini type pump plunger. As stated in previous posts, this would transform the engine from a static rpm station...

Efficiency vs Coefficient of Performance (COP) It's probably a good idea to clear up one thing before continuing this discussion - the difference between the efficiency and the coefficient of performance. We all know an internal combustion engine is nowhere near 100 percent efficient and its COP is ...

I apologize for wasting your time and bandwidth on this off topic subject but I have been following this sort of stuff for many years and a couple recent developments, including the Vorktex show much promise because of the principles involved and I wanted to share it with fellow gearheads who can ea...

This is off topic but I think you will find it quite interesting. Richard Willis, who lives 325 miles from me in Kitchner Ontario, has developed a device that reportedly generates electricity using magnetsm and *no* moving parts. Last night he received one million dollars CDN seed money on the CBC t...

oldbmw: heating and cooking combined, with wood are tough - just not enough heat. See: http://www.woodheat.org/dhw/dhw.htm for one ugly, but optimal Canadian creation. Our Canadian stoves might not win any beauty contests, but they kept millions of us from freezing to death in winter. In the 1950's...

... And follow this link for 20 800 X 600 pictures of the beautifully restored wood gas powered four cylinder Zundapp boxer below http://www.volmefoto.de/seiten/galerie.php?limit_offset=0 or http://www.volmefoto.de/seiten/galerie.php?id=358 to follow several pics of the wood burner in action. http:/...

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A cylinder head temperature gauge will give you a good idea what is going on in the combustion chamber. You can likely find a used gauge on EBay for $50. Allow another $20 for a thermocouple if there's none with the gauge. Accompanied by an oil temperature gauge, you should be able to determine if t...

100Km/h on 10 hp should be possible... the formula I offered says 8.8hp would be required, and I recall occasional posts by owners of 10hp Chinese clone powered bikes mention reaching that velocity.

A simple formula that calculates hp/max speed with decent accuracy (prone position, no wind, level road) is: mph = (cube root of horsepower) * 30 The easiest way to use the formula is: (mph/30 ) cubed = horsepower required examples: (60mph/30) = 2 X 2 X 2 = 8hp 80mph/30) = 2.67 X 2.67 X 2.67 = 19hp ...

To test for a bad injector, perhaps you can connect one of your spare injectors electrically to the electrical connector of a suspected bad injector. This would effectively disable the suspect injector but should trick the ECU into thinking everything is as it should be. The suspect injector wouldn'...

You can simplify things a lot by getting an alternator with internal regulator. The 480 watt Denso unit used on the Daihatsu D950 has 3-wires. You'll need a 50 amp relay for the glow plugs, regardless whether or not you use a timer. Depending on the starter model, a starter relay may not be required...

I'd try a ball and socket type connection of the type used on snowmobiles. I've seen a variation on Ducatis. The ball would be welded to a flange and bolted to the cylinder head.

Another thought. The 280 watt Bosch alternator from a Moto Guzzi or aircooled BMW mounts on the end of the crankshaft and is good for over 7000 rpm. You would have to make a mount for the stator. The BMW rotor mounts onto a taper on the end of the crankshaft, I don't know about Moto Guzzi. BMW setup...

http://www.wikingmotorcycles.com/home/photo20.jpg http://www.wikingmotorcycles.com/home/photo01.jpg It's a long shot, but maybe Alan Forbes will sell you a 384 watt alternator that was fitted to his modern Indian Four motorcycles. Alan runs Motolux Indian in Edinburgh, Scotland. The pictures are of...

The frame on the bike has definitely been modified. I edited a part of the picture, adding lines to show: (A) the modified tubes under the seat (now curved upward. The backbone appears to be almost horizontal. (B) the engine has been installed on an angle which allows the base to rest on the downtub...