I wonder if a person could make a head for a gas motor like a 4 cylinder Chevy to make it a diesel?Or maybe find a diesel head that would fit a Chevy 4 cylinder.Then you could find parts for the shortblock.Might need stronger pistons,but maybe pistons from a diesel motor could be found maybe that would work,rods too.Weak point might be the crank.I even thought about trying to melt iron and pour a block for a 4 cylinder of a good size for a pickup like a Ranger or S-10,that would fit somebodys diesel head design as long as it was simple like the old motors without all the electric gizmos on it.Didnt really think about a 3 cylinder Ford or Cummins.Seems like the diesel pickups that I drove,Chevy Luv,full size Chevy,didnt have enough power.Surely a diesel motor that has power can be built for a pickup like that.Chevy Luv was way under powered in my opinion but it got good mileage. A lot of it is in the gears.I think you would need to look at the spec sheet for an old Ranger with a diesel to get the right rear end ratios,and trans ratios.I dont think you can get high enough in the rear end and low enough with overdrive transmission in gas burner parts maybe without having maybe 10 speeds or something.Turbo and aftercooler and intercooler would help fuel mileage and horsepower.Full size Ford Broncos had a transfer case that was seperate from the transmission,so you could use a regular transmission,run a short driveshaft to the transfer case,then a driveshaft to the front from the transfer case. Somebody that could make a diesel motor and a transmission that was overdrive enough to swap in a gas burner Ranger or S10 would be a rich man shortly if he could sell it cheap enough that people would buy it.
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