"Lou" wrote in message
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Not that I plan to do this but I was wondering, if one was going to
plan to install a diesel in a homebuilt, what diesel would one put
in?
Lou

Your location is not obvious from your email. In most of the world, diesels
are available in a wide variety. In the US, where fuel consumption is only
estimated from total mass flow and emission content at the exhasut, the
choices are currently quite limited, and I am really not very happy with any
of the choices. The 2 liter VW (Passat) is an all iron engine, and about
all I know is that it is about 100 pounds heavier than its gasoline
stablemate--which is partially aluminum. There are also V6 diesels offered
in the Mercedes E320 and the Jeep Liberty, but I know even less about them.
There are probably others that I haven't seen, and Isuzu has said that they
will be back in the diesel market when the regulations have stabilized.

Personally, I really do like the diesel idea--so I plan to take a very close
look if/when any of the lighter small diesels (such as the 2 liter Mercedes)
become available here.

Of course, there are a couple of avitaion diesels (Thielert being the most
widely known) that will bolt right in--but you have to fly a lot to save the
initial cost difference back in fuel.

You can correctly surmise from the above, that I tend to think in terms of
automotive conversion as soon as the disucssion drifts away from the smaller
Lycoming and Continental engines--and thier clones.

Peter