anyone make a small one, like one that will fit on a medium lawn tractor, i got a mid 60's? pennsylvania panzer and would like to build a small super stock smoker replica, they pull them over in sweden and places like that but nothing i could find here, this thing is a hoss, its got a factory narrowed chrysler car rearend, this thing is stout and would like to build something really nasty. my buddies used to pull garden tractors so i got tires and other stuff for it, just need a nasty little coal burner for it. if not ill build a alcohol drinking Kohler motor. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...53722986vArhjv you cant tell me that aint just bad, already set up perfect to pull from the factory.

 

Lots of company's make small 2 3 and 4 cylinder engines , kubota is one that comes to mind really quickly, as well as yanmar , izuzu , etc.

 

i would have to endorse the kubota idea, ive got a 1975 kubota 3cylinder with like 1800 hours on it, and it still runs no problem. most reliable thing in the house, and it has enought power to pull a honda accord on top of a 1 ton trailer up a good graded hill, something my brothers toyo tacoma cant do

 

anyone found a small motor that would work well for a motorcycle?... wife says i can get a project when i get back from the sandbox, and she'd prefer i get a bike project then a WRX...

 

yanmar also makes 3 and 4 cyls.i have 3 cyls in my john deere 332 and 430.on the jd forum there is a thread where they are putting small turbos on em.if you know someone in the trucking business,try them. alot of refridgeration units use small diesels.

 

http://www.gizmag.com/go/4272/

 

that's pretty cool

i'd love to build something like this

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...el-motorcycle/



take an old harley, put a rear end from a shaft driven bike on there maybe

 

Cat has some small 3 cylinder engines... Cat3003, 3004 is a 4 cylinder, 3014, 3024, 3054..etc... Cat bought the Perkins engine company so in yellow paint its a Cat, the engines are still called Perkins in Europe.
I believe the 3014 n.a. is about 45-50 hp. They DO make turbocharged models also.

 

Briggs/Diahatsu has a few to choose from:

http://www.commercialpower.com/displ...sp?DocID=80488

As for motorbikes, that's a tough one. As you know, diesels are heavy for the power they produce. Not exactly a good solution for a motorbike. Try Hatz: http://www.hatzusa.com/home.php

 

Kawasaki makes one, no? I think they came in John Deere garden tractors.

And Cub Cadets came with Kubota's. Look for the 982D Cub Cadet. It will have a LARGE chrome pipe coming out of the tractors right side.

HTH,

Jon

 

the john deeres use the yanmar diesels,the kaw's are the gassers.

 

My mistake. I thought it had something to do with bikes.

Jon

 

i want to paint it red and white with 1466 IH badges (i know it really should be a cub but they dont have big rearends like this), i might use cub sheetmetal though, i need a good name for it though. any suggestions???? ive thought about "deere harvester" "buck hunter" "iron eagle" "road farmer" or "final effort" i wont be using a deere motor or anything that came in a deere, period. i do like the idea of cat powered tractor though, possibly paint it like a oliver or a white and put 3208 cat diesel badges on it.

 

oh come on... put an ACERT emblem on the side of it!!!!.. hahahaa...

 

check out www.surpluscenter.com. They have several diesels in the size you're after for what seem to be decent prices.