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  1. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Hi Skinny, Not a problem, I have an open mindset and will listen to all suggestions. Thanks for your thoughts!! Cheers, Jake
  2. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Thanks Skinny, I'll keep your considerations in mind as we go forward. Best, Jake
  3. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Objective is merely to share what I have learned in practice until now, not to share a theory or just a paper concept! A little bit of thinking out of the box is the foundation of innovation, discovery, invention. Even when it sometimes seems like doing what may seem unworkable or wrong. I am...
  4. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Good morning Patracy, The ideas I have shared here are not just on paper design but the result of research and trial and many errors and fails. And yes, there will be the need for some needle honing and tuning to remain operable for most nozzles and needles, but it varies with make, engine...
  5. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Morning Barrman, Definitely timing will have to be retarded, as stated in my base document, some but not a lot however. The burning speed of diesel or vaporized diesel remains primarily the same: 3m/sec, but the burning - or fuel explosion if you want - will be shorter and heftier, as all the...
  6. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Very correct Mullaney!!! And just because the intake air should be as cool as possible, I have come up with this ZVS Induction PCB and Coil system to heat up only the fuel, and then release it in the air intake or combustion chamber!! Cheers, Jake
  7. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    I believe my M1009 originates from the Florennes air base... you may likely have driven it there and then..?!? It seems to have been largely painted yellow as far as I can see underneath the multiple paint layers... would that make sense to you? Cheers, Jake
  8. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Good evening Barrman, I remember coming across that Hot Rod magazine article very well, I think it was in the early '80s and I actually made a copy and must have it stored here somewhere. I was very impressed by this approach... also because at the time I drove a Chevy Monza, with that same...
  9. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    In addition to your concerns for heat expansion and tolerances, please note: Sorry, I can only give you the values in metric, but the principle stays the same The thermal expansion factor for steel is: 0.0000072. Note that this is the value for regular steel. Injector nozzles and needles are...
  10. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    MarcusOReallyus, We are thinking very much alike!! In the back of my head I am indeed keeping the option of heating up as much as possible but not necessarily to 750° F in case such may cause unpredicatble or other complications. Any notable level of fuel preheating will likely translate into...
  11. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Hi Frank, :) ... Kaggevinne is a small village in, by now turned nearly completely socialist (=actually meaning communist) belgium. Not much relevance here, other than socialism will most likely soon forbid or even prosecute me for doing this research and work on my model ultra clean high...
  12. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    The (~complete) ceramic engines, built in one piece and with virtually 0% heat losses exists and has much better thermal properties than the traditional engines. Virtually no heat is lost, to the point that the cabin heating actually becomes an issue.... Sure thing, but it's not going to come...
  13. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    OK, I do understand what you mean. I must have poorly expressed myself, my appology! The systems I'm speaking of use the heating element wire wrapped around the injector lines POST injection pump. Check, but again, this does not apply to this system. You're asking for a precision machined part...
  14. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    Agreed! And I am familiar with the WVO heating elements in various forms. They generate heat, yes, just enough to make the WVO sufficiently fluid for filtering, pumping and pushing through the IP, but nothing even close to what I am talking about here!! Do not confuse these two systems, with...
  15. Jake59

    Converting your CUCV into a High MPG power diesel! (and solving emissions)

    All, I have been facinated by engines my whole life. Managing fuel consumption has become an important element in my research ever since I was 10y old nd because I could barely aford buying a few liters of gasoline every week for my off-road use only, 1954 VW Beetle 1100cc and thus I've been...
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