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Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?

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Offline Jimiweld

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Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« on: March 18, 2007, 03:12:19 PM »
Just wondering what mileage you guys who have put vw diesel engines in your trackicks are getting. I'm wondering if it's a worthwhile trade with gas prices getting so high.
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2007, 03:23:41 PM »
Diesel is a lot higher than gas. at least here . average40 cents higher
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2007, 10:02:03 PM »
if the price was right

i would get a diesel tracker in a HEARTBEAT
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2007, 04:25:06 AM »
I'd still like to know what mileage people are getting as well as what the torque is like. Do you need to re- gear for 33-35" tires using a diesel engine. Any pro's and con's from someone who has one would be great.
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2007, 08:06:47 AM »
Good Luck trying to find a good Diesel or Turbo Diesel for a conversion. With the popularity of bio fuels all the good engines are being snapped up, if they're not gone already. The available ones are so expensive it's not even worth doing, you could build any number of different configurations, turbo, blower, v6, gas turbine, for a lot less!
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2007, 09:38:55 AM »
I can get a reasonable deal for a vw diesel from a friend right now, I'm more concerned with what to expect to see if it's worth all of the hassle of converting over with increased fuel mileage and torque.
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2007, 10:13:29 AM »
I was wondering about the RPM's of switching to a VW Diesel without dropping the gears with near-stock tires.  Right now I turn over 4K on the freeway, isn't that a bit high for a Diesel?

There isn't much info on Trackkicks with the VW conversion out there...
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2007, 12:09:33 PM »
An early VW diesel in a Track/Kick could make a very slow Track/Kick. 8V Track/Kick is 80bhp/95ft-lbs. N/A VW is 52/71, TD is 59/81. Later TD has much more power and torque. Less of an issue in a Sammy which is much lighter.
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2007, 01:39:34 PM »
That would explain why I don't see any info on the conversion.  :)
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2007, 07:41:27 PM »
I asked the RPM question in this thread and got a response:

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=11787.msg110576#msg110576

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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2007, 07:56:18 PM »
Quote from: Drone637 on March 19, 2007, 01:39:34 PM
That would explain why I don't see any info on the conversion. :)

i think there was a thread or two here somewhere

i think the site was acmeadapters.com
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2007, 08:22:01 PM »
Yea, that was with a Samurai though.  Not many people talking about converting a Tracker.  :)
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Re: Mileage with a Diesel Engine in A Trackick?
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2007, 04:14:33 AM »
I PM'd another guy on one of the other boards who's selling his Acme adapter kit. I'm hoping that he has some experience with the trackick diesel conversion. If I find any info out I'll post it here.
I like the sound of the wiring for the diesel "SIMPLE", that suits me just fine. thanks for the link Gravity_Storm.
Jim
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