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jpower tinkerer
Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Posts: 72
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:26 am Post subject: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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whats wrong with them !! i want information cause i havent heard shit about them and im curious |
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Josh backyard mechanic
Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 602
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:30 am Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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They are slow and there purpose was to get good km/l |
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sime tinkerer
Joined: 27 Oct 2001 Posts: 352
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:35 am Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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they have lots of torque rather than power and their gearboxes and diffs are stronger than standard petrol gemini ones. |
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20PSI TX tinkerer
Joined: 23 Oct 2001 Posts: 475
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 1:04 am Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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I want one. I just wanna run stupid amounts of boost through it. |
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HighTeK tinkerer
Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 205
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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Put a Diesel diff in your petorol Gemi, Ratio is better, go quiker.
A diesel Gem can go from Melb to Sydney on 1 tank of fuel!!
The most fuel efficent car of the day.
I was told a while back that the G Series motors were all designed to run on diesel??
Does any1 know?? |
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Frederick Stienheld petrol head
Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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> I was told a while back that the G Series motors were all designed to run on diesel??
> Does any1 know??
Ok, thats the biggest crock of shit I've ever heard. Deisel engines are nothing like petrol engines.
They don't have spark plugs, they use injection and they run insane amounts of compression just to name a few big differences. |
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DrIFtA tinkerer
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 246
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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The engine fitted to the deisel variants was totally different from the normal 'G'Series engines. It was coded the '4FB1', similar to the '4FC1' as fitted to the Holden Shuttle from '82 - '86.
The design of a deisel engine is different in many, many aspects compared to a petrol engine.
The deisel Gemini was introduced in the TE range and was carried through to the TG. It had an astonishingly mind numbing 40kw, was 1800cc (1.8 litre) in capacity, compression was set at a deisel friendly 21.0:1, they had a revised set of gearbox ratios and slightly stronger internals to meet the deisels needs, and a different diff ratio of 3.58:1 also to compensate for the engines characteristics.
There is a site somewhere on the web that caters for the deisel enthusiast, i wouldn't have the foggiest what the address is, but with a little google searching you should find it.
Live Fast, Die Sideways... |
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elky petrol head
Joined: 06 Oct 2001 Posts: 1149
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:57 pm Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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i know a old bloke who was doing work on his diesel te ( added a turbo, intercooler etc) it had a mountain of torque and could fry 1st and 2nd! enough to scare lots of "faster" cars. only revved to 5 but |
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Frederick Stienheld petrol head
Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: why do people hate diesel geminis |
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yah, turbo diesels are LOADED with torque |
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Steam Powered Gemini rice boy
Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Posts: 44
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 2:05 pm Post subject: WHY DIESEL? |
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when you could have STEAM!!!!
yeah!!!
go the steam powered gemi!!!
im gonna get the plates - SPGEM! (Steam Powered Gemini) |
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TGCOUPgirl tinkerer
Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 61
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: WHY DIESEL? |
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diesel smells bad |
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TuFf backyard mechanic
Joined: 17 Sep 2002 Posts: 502
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: WHY DIESEL? |
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yeah but unleaded smells like a really bad fart.. |
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