'73 Spitfire diesel - which one of you built this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl0nxjG_sqQ

Definitely looks GRM-forum worthy.

I'd love to know top speed and 1/4 mile times just for fun.

ebonyandivory wrote: I'd love to know top speed and 1/4 mile times just for fun.

How long can you wait?

What a hoot!

Herly kerp! What is that? Cause I'm pretty sure it's now a neat looking forklift...

In reply to Trackmouse:

90% sure it was a forklift at one point.

mad_machine wrote:

ebonyandivory wrote: I'd love to know top speed and 1/4 mile times just for fun.

How long can you wait?

Ok, how 'bout 60' times?

Needs a flapper cap on the exhaust...

I don't know of any forklifts that use a 3 cyl diesel. When forklifts go diesel, they usually go big. Also, very few forklifts use hydrostatic drive, pretty much only piggyback machines that ride on the back of delivery trucks. My guess would be a skid-steer, or some other smallish piece of construction machinery.

It doesn't look all that slow in the video, but that could have been it's top speed.LOL.

no, not a fork lift Engine. Most likely a marine diesel as a 3 cylinder kabuto turbo diesel is pretty widely used in boats

I though the Kubota 3 was mostly found in tractors, Yanmar is the popular Japanese marine diesel.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: I though the Kubota 3 was mostly found in tractors, Yanmar is the popular Japanese marine diesel.

My thoughts as well.

Viper in the driveway.

Also, there was an MGB that ran Lemons that was converted to diesel using a VW TDi engine.

I may be wrong.. but I have seen Kabutas in sailboats as well. Not the Turbo Diesel ones, but I have seen them

ebonyandivory wrote:

mad_machine wrote:

ebonyandivory wrote: I'd love to know top speed and 1/4 mile times just for fun.

How long can you wait?

Ok, how 'bout 60' times?

60' times are in, still awaiting 1/4 mile. Should be arriving there next Thursday.

I never managed to get past the lack of rust on the shell long enough to appreciate the rest of the project mandate.

So much want.

One of my dream cars is themed "reliable brit." I was going to take something like a Spit or an MG and put a toyota driveline in it, but now I need to do this.

curtis73 wrote: So much want. One of my dream cars is themed "reliable brit." I was going to take something like a Spit or an MG and put a toyota driveline in it, but now I need to do this.

Sounds dangerous. Like Steven Wright putting instant coffee in the microwave dangerous.

I have two machines with three cylinder kubota turbodeisels. 32.5 hp

Yup, my Kubota tractor has an n/a 3-cylinder diesel at 32hp along with the hydrostatic drive.

Dad has a couple Yanmars in John Deeres. Good engines. Hard to tell visually from that video which one it is, but likely its either Kubota or Yanmar.

curtis73 wrote: So much want. One of my dream cars is themed "reliable brit." I was going to take something like a Spit or an MG and put a toyota driveline in it, but now I need to do this.

Mazda kind of beat you to that.

In reply to curtis73:

Video said Kubota 3 cyl Turbo.

I've got a 3 cyl NA on my generator. It's rated a 25 hp at 2500 rpms. Good little engines.

Ruining a Spitfire by putting a diesel in it. Yuck.