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Subject:Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
From:Rob
Date:Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:17:21 -0800

Sorry but a lot of regular diesel is used to grow the food that you
are using for fuel. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Rob
becida@comcast.net
and it's not even Friday

At  11/23/2011 10:32 AM, Frank Lee wrote:
>I use Biodiesel  B100 summer and B50 winter because war and deep sea
>drilling are not required to produce it.
>
>We have a buying club in Baltimore www.baltimorebiodiesel.org
>Cost a little more. But very little goes to *Haliburton.
>*Little effect on mileage.
>
>
>On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > With my 82 na 1.6 diesel Westy I get approx 30mpg all the time...  slowly
> > but surely !
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alan Felder
> > Austin TX
> > 82 Diesel Westy
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:12 AM, ralph meyermann
> > <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > With minor mods to the tdi and te old one wire injection pump juiced up
> > too
> > > I should be able to get 200-300 ftlbs torque and keep about 20-25 mpg
> > > pulling probably 30+ not pulling and the simplicity of a one wire pump!
> > >
> > > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
> > >
> > > On Nov 23, 2011 9:07 AM, "Robert Stevens" <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 23, 2011, at 7:47 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would like to do a tdi upgrade from my
> > > > n...
> > >  Unless you are very attached to diesel, you can get better yet mpg and
> > > lower
> > > cost overall, by considering a Subaru H6 3.0 (minimum 16mpg while pulling
> > > a trailer), and the engine cost/installation is less $$$ as well. The
> > > "power" for
> > > the least powerful (2001-2004 engines) is 212HP, 210Lb/ft. I'm getting
>
> > > 17mpg
> > > for all of my travels in the intermountain/Rocky Mountain region for the
> > > last
> > > 25K miles (since May 2009 conversion).
> > >
> > > Bob Stevens
> > > '87 Syncro Westy
> > >
> >
>
>
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