yeah, its called about 1974 or so. this guy is hawking a book, I dont know what kind of tractor engine he is using, i highly doubt this conversion will get out of its own way, probably isnt turbo charged.
in WI, the effective year is 1994, I believe...must be different in each state...
However you Slice and dice it, those dead white men will only let big oil put about 45 HP/gal in Diesel fuel. So tractor. Smactor, thats all the power you have. About 25 years ago, someome put a Perkins Diesel from a Massey-Fergusen tractor in a Mercury Sedan. Acceleration was “stately”. Since he only built one,I don’t guess it was a success.
barbra ann
Probably a Deutz.
Actually at least one of the vehicles they show in the video does have a turbocharger added to the diesel.
Also, it sounds like they run the engine pretty hard in the demo video. My guess is that you can get away with a less than 100HP diesel if you are (a) willing to find a transmission with a lot of gears, and (b) don't mind running it hard. Those engines tend to develop a lot of torque quickly as they rev up, and most folks driving around don't use anywhere near the full horsepower of their engines. (Except when towing heavy loads...)
I have driven the old 40HP VW vans, and they can accelerate pretty quickly up to highway speeds if you really stand on it. I have also driven 500+ HP cars and they can accelerate way faster than the local police want you to. I've also driven plenty of vintage pickups with 100HP or less.
Lighter, but not necessarily smaller, lower horsepower vehicles are a good way to improve mileage.