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Jim Hollenback
 
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: A while back, I asked if anyone knew of a way to temporarily boost the
: power output of a small diesel and essentially the answer was negative.
: What i wanted was something like NoX used for gas engines. I did talk
: to my brother-in law who teaches diesel mechanics and design and he
: immediately said "Sure, you use propane injection". It seems that this
: is used in heavily modified high power diesels used in diesel dragsters
: and diesel monster trucks. He estimated perhaps a 30% increase in
: power just by bleeding a small amount of propane from something like a
: Coleman cylinder directly into the air intake. Of course, I explained
: that propane is heavier than air.......

Yeah, put some performance injectors on the engine, pipe in some propane
and the magic button for drugs on demand and that baby will really putt.
Going to the windward will be no problem ....

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Jim Hollenback

my opinion.