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Author Topic: RF 2.0 Deisel  (Read 8233 times)

Gaz

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RF 2.0 Deisel
« on: November 22, 2017, 01:48:36 PM »

It's all mechanical, so why not? Too long?
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Re: RF 2.0 Deisel
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2017, 09:38:22 PM »

The 323 guys have talked about it for a long time, I believe one guy was working on it but I never heard if it was completed.

Do you have to import it?

There's a lot better choices of engines IMO than a 30+ year old forgotten diesel engine. Unique for sure
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Re: RF 2.0 Deisel
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2017, 01:45:17 PM »

There is one right here in Duluth. Plus i have a spare f trans if it would bolt up...
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Re: RF 2.0 Deisel
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2017, 11:28:52 PM »

I've seen the RFT-DI (98+ turbo diesel) swapped into a 323 already. The engine only had about 110 hp and 170 ft/lbs of torque, but the guy claimed to be getting 50 mpg. 
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Gaz

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Re: RF 2.0 Deisel
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2017, 04:14:49 PM »

The only reason i would do it, that mpg number. Plus, with it being mechanical fuel injection, it would only take minor modification to add a turbo.
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Re: RF 2.0 Deisel
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2017, 11:06:42 PM »

The MPG is nice and I'd love that torque, but in a car this small, I'd skip a diesel. There's no space to put heavy stuff that would bog down the stock engine and I live in the flat expanses of the midwest
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Re: RF 2.0 Deisel
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2017, 12:37:04 AM »

Whats the redline on it? might be a bit challenging to drive with a normal gasoline engine transmission
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