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Toymods Club Treasurer
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Diesel engine technology!
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Tue, 05 October 2004 05:59
 
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As someone who owns a toyota diesel car in Oz, I think I can probably give a pretty good opinion about this.
Australia has a fairly heftly excise on the diesel to bring the price almost upto that of unleaded.
I'm still trying to figure out why except to strangle the trucking industry, the biggest users of diesel by a LONG way.
The sulphur content in our current diesel is at about 550ppm.
The low sulphur diesel you get in Europe is about 20ppm.
The reason for the change was the introduction of electronic injection and electric fuel pumps for diesels.
Sulphur is used to lubricate the valves much like lead was used in cars.
Only Puegeot has had the guts to import their diesel range, and they are very strangled compared to the Euro version to allow for our fuel.
Diesel is also falling out of popularity in Japan. The current Caldina, 2 models after mine, doesn't have a diesel version.
Why? Because they've got the same fuel efficiency out of a 1.8L direct injection petrol as my mechanical pump diesel with twice the power.
BTW, my car is a 2C-T SOHC 2.0L mechanical injected diesel.
I've driven from Sydney to Brisbane on less than a tank (58L for 890km) 62.5kW at the engine, 49.5kW & 200Nm at the wheels
The next model had electronic injection 2.2 intercooled (78kW & extra 20Nm torque0, over 1000km range.
Toyota is way behind the euros who are doing twin cams, etc to their diesels.
Sorry bout the long post, I'm a bit passionate bout this stuff.
If I could find someone in Oz to get biodiesel from, I wouldn't be thinking bout the 3.0L V6 LPG conversion.
Maurice c: how hard is it to get hold of the D4-D engine, etc from the Avensis?
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cozzb | Mon, 04 October 2004 11:38 |
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Dust | Mon, 04 October 2004 11:51 |
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thechuckster | Mon, 04 October 2004 11:53 |
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Norbie | Mon, 04 October 2004 12:19 |
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greenta22 | Mon, 04 October 2004 13:30 |
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indigoid | Mon, 04 October 2004 15:53 |
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Maurice c | Mon, 04 October 2004 23:18 |
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MS-75 | Tue, 05 October 2004 00:01 |
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schnitzel | Tue, 05 October 2004 00:58 |
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cozzb | Tue, 05 October 2004 02:35 |
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Corona RT142 | Tue, 05 October 2004 02:43 |
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wagonist | Tue, 05 October 2004 05:59 |
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hemi twofifteen turbo | Tue, 05 October 2004 09:15 |
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Norbie | Wed, 06 October 2004 00:20 |
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Skip | Wed, 06 October 2004 05:07 |
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wagonist | Thu, 07 October 2004 03:21 |
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Skip | Thu, 07 October 2004 04:18 |
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wagonist | Thu, 07 October 2004 04:35 |
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Norbie | Thu, 07 October 2004 05:10 |
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wagonist | Thu, 07 October 2004 05:18 |
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