259ci Diesel

[Stude4x4]

Many years ago my dad started designing a diesel 259. Some have said that the Stude block is just as tough as some diesel blocks. I figure 259 because of the pin overlap. It would take lots of work, but wouldn't it be cool? GM made the 350 diesel and I've heard it was a hunk a junk. I don't see why someone couldn't make a 259 diesel. Just a thought.

Jake

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[DEEPNHOCK]

Probably a lot less complicated to accomplish today than in your fathers day, what with the advent of electronic fuel injection.
Jeff[8D]


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Brooklet, Georgia
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[DEEPNHOCK]

Probably a lot less complicated to accomplish today than in your fathers day, what with the advent of electronic fuel injection.
Jeff[8D]


DEEPNHOCK at Gmail.com
Brooklet, Georgia
'37 Coupe Express (never ending project)
'37 Coupe Express Trailer (project)
'61 Hawk (project)
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[studeski]

Actually the Olds 350 diesel was a great highway car. Some of my customers got as much as 32 mpg with it. A lot of insurance salesman bought one after another. They loved them. Too many car salesman sold them to people who should not have bought them. The real killer was the EGR system recirculating that crap back through the intake. You could stick your fingers in the intake and pull out a handfull of black mud.



Claude Chmielewski
Studeski

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Fillmore, Wisconsin
47 M-16 Truck
62 GT Hawk
63 Lark
64 Commander Wagonaire
50 Champion Regal (parts car)
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"One after another they volunteered how in their families and in their
communities they were expected to be responsible for their behavior, how
honesty was assumed to be the rule, not the exception. They also talked
matter-of-factly about the sense of duty to their country, a sentiment not
much in fashion anymore."

[studeski]

Actually the Olds 350 diesel was a great highway car. Some of my customers got as much as 32 mpg with it. A lot of insurance salesman bought one after another. They loved them. Too many car salesman sold them to people who should not have bought them. The real killer was the EGR system recirculating that crap back through the intake. You could stick your fingers in the intake and pull out a handfull of black mud.



Claude Chmielewski
Studeski

http://www.studeski.com

Fillmore, Wisconsin
47 M-16 Truck
62 GT Hawk
63 Lark
64 Commander Wagonaire
50 Champion Regal (parts car)
[img=left]http://www.studeski.com/62hawk/dakota01.jpg[/img=left]
"One after another they volunteered how in their families and in their
communities they were expected to be responsible for their behavior, how
honesty was assumed to be the rule, not the exception. They also talked
matter-of-factly about the sense of duty to their country, a sentiment not
much in fashion anymore."

[studeclunker]

Boy, oh Boy, I sure could have used Jake's Champ instead of mine today. It's a good thing that these old Stude motors lug along so well. Whilst climbing the driveway today, I kept repeating like a mantra; just don't stall, just don't stall...[:0]


Lotsa Larks!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[studeclunker]

Boy, oh Boy, I sure could have used Jake's Champ instead of mine today. It's a good thing that these old Stude motors lug along so well. Whilst climbing the driveway today, I kept repeating like a mantra; just don't stall, just don't stall...[:0]


Lotsa Larks!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[stude freak]

I had an 81 olds with a Mr.Goodwrench diesel engine my wife parked her lincoln and drove the olds.Reason:35 mpg compared to 12mpg.

David Baggett Mantachie,Ms.

[stude freak]

I had an 81 olds with a Mr.Goodwrench diesel engine my wife parked her lincoln and drove the olds.Reason:35 mpg compared to 12mpg.

David Baggett Mantachie,Ms.

[loc8tor]

there was a diesel lark at the Martinsburg WV meet last year....

hmmm, my girlfriend has 2 GT Hawks....and I feel left out, wheres my "R" model Daytona????

[loc8tor]

there was a diesel lark at the Martinsburg WV meet last year....

hmmm, my girlfriend has 2 GT Hawks....and I feel left out, wheres my "R" model Daytona????

[John Kirchhoff]

The biggest problem with the Chevy 350 diesel was the block. It was strong enough when used as a gas engine but with diesel use, especially hard use in a truck, the block flexed too much. According to my friend that had one, the injection pump was one of those things that worked when it worked, but when it didn't, you went and bought a new one for $1000.

[John Kirchhoff]

The biggest problem with the Chevy 350 diesel was the block. It was strong enough when used as a gas engine but with diesel use, especially hard use in a truck, the block flexed too much. According to my friend that had one, the injection pump was one of those things that worked when it worked, but when it didn't, you went and bought a new one for $1000.

[Stude4x4]

quote:The biggest problem with the Chevy 350 diesel was the block.

My points exactly John. Sooo... back to my original question do you think a 259 could handle it?

Jake

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[Stude4x4]

quote:The biggest problem with the Chevy 350 diesel was the block.

My points exactly John. Sooo... back to my original question do you think a 259 could handle it?

Jake

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