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General Information => General => Topic started by: BlackTieTD on June 10, 2005, 11:19:02 am
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hi guys.
thinking of putting a 49cc motor on a mountain bike for tooling around town. do i have any options for going diesel with this? looking for some interesting, but affordable, ideas.
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hi guys.
thinking of putting a 49cc motor on a mountain bike for tooling around town. do i have any options for going diesel with this? looking for some interesting, but affordable, ideas.
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Puch used to make a clip-on-the-wheel set up like that at one point WAY back when,...
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there is a guy on ebay who sells a complete kit, just add mountain bike for $199 US + ship.
60cc, pull start or pop the clutch. :D
NON-DIESEL SIDE NOTE:
i think i'm buying a clean 2 door GLI today, 1984, and a 2L 16v to go in it :D
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Thread hijack - a light A1 chassis and 2.0 16V is a monster - like my Caddy.
In regards to the small diesel engine, I got nothing. But I think the Army has finally switched over its motorcycles to diesel in an effort to make averything fill up from the same fuel supply.
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I remember seeing at our county fair last year a big display of lots of diesel yard equipment. Some of the engines were pretty small, but I dont think they were as small as 50cc. I think the smallest one I saw was a yard tiller with self-propelled tracks, it was something like 125cc. I didnt look very long, and I dont even remember the brand name of the equipment. Probably not much help- sorry!
Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49
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haha no problem, thanks for the reply anyway.
i'm thinking more along the lines of electric now... any ideas for an electric 'assistance' motor that would put out similar power to a 49cc?
yep, got the GLI/16v. couldnt resist :)
it may be a monster, but my goal is to make it look as much NOT like a monster as possible. its more fun to catch the mkIV VR twits by surprise. (apologies to any mkIV VR twits that may be reading)
:D
(http://www.voiddesign.com/pic/june05/toronto/PICT3561.JPG)
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it may be a monster, but my goal is to make it look as much NOT like a monster as possible.
Did someone say 'sleeper'?
This is my all time favourite, better than an old Valiant with a big block :twisted:
http://www.cwstuning.com/gallery/coupe-degolf
They used to have a couple videos on the site, the thing's gotta be a absolute blast to drive :!:
As for small diesel motors, I don't know of any THAT small.
A huge RC plane motor is close to a diesel, but I don't think they come that big, and they run at like a billion RPM's...
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hehe yeah i like that golf too, caddy mill or not. whenever i see a northstar now i think "wow would that ever haul in a mkI" :lol:
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Dig the A1 Jetta! Those are very rare around where I'm from (Ohio). Seems like you got a good one in good condition. I think they look somewhat like the BMW coupes of that era.
More hijacking: Are you swapping in the stock fuel system or doing something like megasquirt? It's not too late to ditch all those extra valves and put in a TD!
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hijack all you want, i'm a lot more excited about the GLI than the hillbilly 'moped' :lol:
they are pretty rare up here too, although we did get 2-dr GLIs and i think the states only for 4-dr. if i ever decide to sell it, i'll probably try to do it by going to some US shows :lol:
ya they look like 3-series of that era, but thats ok, those are the bimmers i like.
i'll be putting my TD motor into the caddy... it will be the camping/long-hauling rig so i'd rather it be diesel.
the GLI will be getting a 2L 16v from a '91 passat. full motronic swap. 195-210psi across all cylinders. a little more variance than i'd like but certainly not numbers to turn your nose up at. thats what sealed the deal for the me, the motor. it all came as a 'package'.
can't wait to get working on it.
any suggestions for a floor treatment? its not rotted, but i'd like to strip it down and get a good tough epoxy on there so it never does rot. not from the inside-out anyway.
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>>the GLI will be getting a 2L 16v from a '91 passat. full motronic swap. 195-210psi across all cylinders.
Sounds like that'll be a fun little rocket... Let me know how the thing works out. I've got a scirocco style 16V intake and boot if you're interested... that would keep everything on the driver's side like it should be in an A1.
>>any suggestions for a floor treatment? its not rotted, but i'd like to strip it down and get a good tough epoxy on there so it never does rot. not from the inside-out anyway
Maybe a good epoxy metal paint like POR-15? You might have to scrape / chip / freeze off all that nasty undercoating first though. Not too fun there.
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por-15 is what i've been thinking. stripping the floor coating i know all too well about. got 90% of it out of the caddy interior now. not a fun job! angle grinder with steel braided brush works well. too bad princess auto has been out of them for 3 months now and they keep saying "check back next week, we have no idea what we're getting in a given shipment" thanks princess auto, i used to have faith in you, lately you make me want to throw a wrench at the 50 year old lady behind your counter.
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Por-15...can that be had in sw Ont? What's it worth?
And for a showing of my ignorance, I presume it's far superior to something like 'Extend'?
Your Princess Auto has little old ladies?
Ours has young nubile shapely flirty females, no wonder I frequent the joint & rarely get out <$100 :P
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do they have 4.5" braided steel brush cup or regular (i'll take either at this point) for fitment on an angle gringer... at sparta princess? ....or anywhere else that you guys know of? tried local princess, crappy tire, part source, TSC, surplus store... running out of resources :evil:
REALLY need a couple of these.....
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haha no problem, thanks for the reply anyway.
i'm thinking more along the lines of electric now... any ideas for an electric 'assistance' motor that would put out similar power to a 49cc?
yep, got the GLI/16v. couldnt resist :)
it may be a monster, but my goal is to make it look as much NOT like a monster as possible. its more fun to catch the mkIV VR twits by surprise. (apologies to any mkIV VR twits that may be reading)
:D
(http://www.voiddesign.com/pic/june05/toronto/PICT3561.JPG)
An odd place to go for a snooze, no??
:lol: :lol:
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An odd place to go for a snooze, no??
:lol: :lol:
:lol: just trying to get in the shade, was easily 30C+ with heaps of humidity on saturday.
actually, i spent a good amount of time under there making sure these orange/brown marks are just on the surface:
(http://www.voiddesign.com/pic/june05/toronto/PICT3556.JPG)
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well, i picked up the bike that i want to mount an engine on. solid frame. just need to find a good means of powering it... looking at a 60cc kit, or an electric motor right now. both can be found on ebay...
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Well, there's a guy here that mounted a chainsaw engine on an old ten speed, clutch drum just rides on the back tire, lever deal to put it there. Apparently it goes like stink! Have seen a purpose built unit a lot of years ago, drop it on the tire to start, direct drive.
Both were two stroke gas though.
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do they have 4.5" braided steel brush cup or regular (i'll take either at this point) for fitment on an angle gringer... at sparta princess? ....or anywhere else that you guys know of? tried local princess, crappy tire, part source, TSC, surplus store... running out of resources :evil:
REALLY need a couple of these.....
That'd be London Princess, my local one :P
I have a 4" twisted wire cup. I believe I got it from TSC.
Check TSC, Princess, or Forest City/KW Surplus, one of them will have a 4.5" one.
And yes they remove stuff a a good rate :twisted:
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Hey, Black Tie...
I was just at a vintage motorcycle event and saw something related to this post. A guy replaced the motor on his H_nda motorcycle with an old diesel Petter generator motor. Pretty neat...apparently those motors are pretty tough.
He had to modify the frame to make it fit, but it started and ran just fine. The owner (didn't catch his name, unfortunately) hadn't driven it very much because the gear ratios were obviously a bit off...
(http://www.hostdub.com/albums/veeman_album02/petter_1.jpg) (http://www.hostdub.com/veeman_album02:petter_1)
(http://www.hostdub.com/albums/veeman_album02/petter_2.jpg) (http://www.hostdub.com/veeman_album02:petter_2)
(http://www.hostdub.com/albums/veeman_album02/petter_3.jpg) (http://www.hostdub.com/veeman_album02:petter_3)
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Well, there's a guy here that mounted a chainsaw engine on an old ten speed, clutch drum just rides on the back tire, lever deal to put it there. Apparently it goes like stink! Have seen a purpose built unit a lot of years ago, drop it on the tire to start, direct drive.
Both were two stroke gas though.
i've heard of that one and it sounds like it would be a fun ride :lol: i need something that i can mount inconspicously in the V of the frame.
That'd be London Princess, my local one :P
I have a 4" twisted wire cup. I believe I got it from TSC.
Check TSC, Princess, or Forest City/KW Surplus, one of them will have a 4.5" one.
And yes they remove stuff a a good rate :twisted:
i ended up going to the TSC on victoria and they had gotten some more in. must be a rash of bodywork in the area :lol:
Hey, Black Tie...
I was just at a vintage motorcycle event and saw something related to this post. A guy replaced the motor on his H_nda motorcycle with an old diesel Petter generator motor. Pretty neat...apparently those motors are pretty tough.
He had to modify the frame to make it fit, but it started and ran just fine. The owner (didn't catch his name, unfortunately) hadn't driven it very much because the gear ratios were obviously a bit off
there we go, a diesel bike. :twisted: way too much size for my purposes though. i doubt i'll find a diesel small enough for an 18-speed.