Turbocharging will cause steeper emissions requirements ( even less soot allowable ). All I have is a naturally aspirated engine, putting a turbo on it, will cost almost as much as the Land Cruiser itself, and I don't have any near that kind of money. The cost to gain ratio is too high, the turbo's for the engine would not give all that big a difference, in the horsepower, only an effective increase of 15-25 HP or so.
Funny thing, last year, it didn't have a problem at all, passing emissions. The diesel emissions around here are geared for the larger engines or newer engines with higher HP, that can handle the altitude. Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Sceats To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 10:41 Subject: RE: [biofuel] High altitude diesel issues emissions Have you taken steps to improve the intake system? Is your engine turbocharged (preferably with an intercooler)? This would help get more air into the system. Just my 2 cents worth. Derek -----Original Message----- From: Greg Harbican [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 9:20 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] High altatude diesel issues emmisions One of the problems I have is I have too much soot in the emissions and still retaining the horsepower of my Land Cruiser. The issue seams to be with the lack of O2 at the higher altitude, so increasing the amount of fuel to the injectors would not solve the problems ( in fact it would make my mileage worse ). Would leaving the some of methanol in or adding more help, since it is one of the additives that increase the O2 content of the fuel ( so I have heard )? I was also wondering if it would help in the winter, reducing the amount gelling or otherwise make the fuel easier to ignite in the cold? Greg H. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
