S2E27 Kubota diesel powered Saturn SC1 first start and we road test the car. How fast will it go? 

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Turning up the governor would definitely take care of the speed issue, although, I'd be a bit worried about fuel delivery too. You may need a bigger fuel pump. Can't wait to see how it does with a turbo in it. On another note, congrats on your 100K subscriptions!!

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I've been loving this series of videos stuffing tiny engines into cars. It's awesome to see this thing up and running finally! I bet it'll have no issues with speed on the road once it's got a nice little turbo strapped to it. Great job man. Never thought I'd get excited to watch video after video of slow saturns and insights haha

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Just discovered this project. What a cool thing! I've got a Scag lawn mower with the larger D1105 engine and it is FANTASTIC.

Great stuff! A couple suggestions... Lose the paper inline filter back at the tank. They aren't rated for diesel and have very little surface area to be used as a primary filter. I use a Wix 33972 all-plastic filter for the pre-position. Its coarse at 50 microns, so it doesn't wad up quickly but will protect the pump from large debris. Under the hood, get a Kubota fuel pedestal from a U17 or U35 excavator, part #52200-26750 That will let you run a Wix 33390 final filter which is common and has lots of area and a 10-micron rating to keep your injectors happy. Don't expect much from that little permanent magnet alternator. They are only about 20 amps, I believe but are fairly reliable. It's not hard to mount up a 1 wire alternator or something from a Kubota machine to get into the 40-60 amp range which is more like what you'll need if you were to turn everything on at once.

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We engine swapped a snowmobile with a similar engine, a cat C1.1. We ran into the same problems with gearing and the governor. I ended up using a servo to run the fuel rack and a PID loop to run it all, cause the mechanical governor just wouldn’t cut it. If you do that make sure you don’t over rev it cause it will bend a push rod lol.

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Congrats on 100k! Re:”iT’s To SmAlL!” I’d like to remind them that you were looking at getting a D480 two cylinder diesel before I offered you the 722. As far as governor goes, it was a reefer unit engine, and was connected to the compressor via a clutch belt drive system. They had more than enough power to play with, so they derated the engine to increase its lifespan I imagine.

About shutting the engine off... I work as a Microcar mechanic, these are little cars in Europe that you don't need a full license for and use a variety of small diesel engines, one of which is a Kubota Z402 which has a very similar injection pump. On these microcars there is a solonoid which actuates the shut-off switch and it's a really simple system. This is probably the same in the small tractors that use this or a similar Kubota engine.

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Old SaturnFan forum poster here, if you reconnect the ECU power, and leave the VSS connected, it will register on the speedometer. That part of the ECU will continue to work even if it's doing nothing else.

You just keep hitting it out of the park. I bet when the turbo goes on the car will make easy 70 plus MPH. If you keep this up I bet you will have 500K by next year. Have a blessed week.

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A turbo and manifold for the D-1105T theoretically should work on your 722. But it’ll need some more fuel, and with that comes the need for a pyrometer, it’s much easier to put one in a manifold on a table than on an engine with the turbo already mounted, I wish someone would have told me that before I attempted it.

I'd say you figured out that the radiator is plenty big if it was able to send the temp gauge needle back to stone cold. I think you'll make a little more power with some heat in the engine too once you sort out the thermostat! Congrats on the 100k award!

For the fuel cutoff lever, I would use a 12v solenoid that pulls it to the RUN position when energized, and a return spring that pulls it the other way when the key is turned off. This way it can be fully operated with the key instead of adding some choke-type pull/push cable on the cabin.

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Years ago I put a Kubota diesel in a Geo tracker 4x4. It was a joke but I ended up with MPG that will impress. I can't wait to see what we get with this project. Keep up the great job!

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Diesels won’t generate much heat until you put a load on it. Get some fuel burning! Oh, and you have to keep the glow plugs hot until you are actually cranking the engine. They cool off very fast. Love the experiment though. Very well made video. Kudos.

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Jimbo, its clear to me you're applying several things you've learned on the insight on this car and it has made this series even more enjoyable! I can't wait to see what kind of tricks you pull out of your sleeve when you turbocharge this engine, especially for wastegate/boost control and pressure relief. I'm sure you already have tons of ideas. I am going to give you some brain waves I had for adding vacuum the brake booster that I am sure you've already considered. First, electric vacuum pumps will work great for creating a vacuum source, however, it would be an idea to get a vacuum canister to supply the vacuum to the booster. LOTS of forced induction cars use this, and even some cars use this for locks, 4-wheel drive actuators, and even headlights and wipers/cowl actuators(Damn you GM and the C3!). If you need any help sourcing OEM components I would be happy to help. There are also belt driven vacuum pumps that have been used on a lot of late model vehicles. I think this would be the most reliable vacuum source as they are 100% mechanical. Secondly, every vacuum brake booster usually has a check valve build in or has one in the supply. Provided the booster is in good shape, this would potentially reduce the need for constant vacuum, just something to keep in mind. Keep cranking out videos, can't get enough of these!

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I cannot praise the engine high enough, brilliant little power boxes! With the heating, I could idle my 18 hp Yanmar 3 cyl tractor all day and still keep my hand on the radiator, but when working hard she warm up quickly enough!😀

Let's keep in mind that the power figures on Kubota's dyno tests are most likely rated from the crank and not from a gearbox in which some power is lost, but it's nothing that you can't work out next time. This is a great series and the silver play button award is well deserved.

early 2000 turbo vw/audi have a nice vacuum pump. 00-02 A6 with the 2.7t will be behind driver headlight next to ABS pump 00-05 jetta with the 1.8t will be sandwiched between the subframe and body next to driver's feet it's normal for diesels to lose temp with airflow. even with a working thermostat. that's why they cover the radiator. 00-03 jetta TDI with manual trans actually have glow plugs for the coolant

Love that diesel engine sound.

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sounds like many truck reefer engines I have used :) ... a wonderful sound when you get one started

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I’m so glad RU-vid recommended this. What a cool rig. Needs the injection pump maxed out and a turbo!

If you want ultimate convenience for the glow plugs the Kubota makes a key cylinder with a glow plug switch inside it, all you have to do is turn the key so the glow plugs are on then turn the key all the way and the motor starts

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Puutting the heater core in the cooling loop may do most of your winter engine cooling. You may need under hood valving to cut out the heater in summer. With all the other adaptations you are doing, this should be just one more. I would think about putting a battery keeper on it. adding the load of the generator may drain your currently limited engine power, never mind an electric cooling fan. It will be amazing to see the little engine working up where it should. Good luck.

The weirdest thing is to put the throttle to the floor, let it rev until it hits the governor, keep the throttle on the floor, push in the clutch and take your sweet old time to shift into another gear, let clutch out. Definitely a tractor! I had to add springs to the Kubota governor flyball unit to get it to see 3700 rpm. Mine was set at 1800 rpm to power a light tower. I used the engine mounted diaphragm fuel pump to provide vacuum to the brake master cylinder unit. Not bad, but way better than using 2 feet to push the brake lever. Keep up the good work!

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Just to let you know: usually turbocharged Diesel engines have nozzles in the crankase that spray the bottom of the pistons with engine oil to keep em cool. (VW, Mercedes) Looking forward to see the manufacturing process off theese😜

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Remember diesels don’t produce as much heat, I fit a winter grill onto my car to get it to warm up quicker and maintain that heat longer when the air temps drop below 5’C here.

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It should be pretty easy to get most of those gauges to work, including the tach and temperature gauge. For the temperature gauge, just remove the temperature sender from the original engine, and I believe several manufacturers make converters that can read an alternator signal and generate a tach signal from it.

Adjusting the max governed rpm is simple and easy, but you will also have to shim the injection pump to bump the timing up for 3600 rpm operation. You will also have to adjust the torque screw, to give the engine more fuel per stroke. Also, that little electric fuel pump will supply plenty of fuel for the D722. I put a Kubota V1405 in a 1980 Triumph Spitfire. Added a turbo, injection pump camshaft advance timer, shimming the pump timing, and adjusted all three fuel delivery screws to make this engine rev to 4000 rpm, and produce 80 hp with 22 pounds of boost.

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I've had countless leaks in my fuel system on my tdi jetta. I finally installed a one way valve in the line going to the injection pump, and have not had the problem of leak down since.

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on the front of the motor there is the fuel screw take it 1/4 turn richer and you will get 8hp-10hp more this engine had multiple power ratings all adjusted by the fuel and honestly you can go 3/4 turn anymore you run into area where EGT's become a bit of a issue and to go further you will need to turbo the motor and then you will be able to get way more than enough power to run 75mph or more. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7M6sVQLBzw4.html

You can get a shut-off solenoid for diesels. You can set it up to pull/hold with ignition power and when the circuit opens, the spring will shut off the pump. 😊

Back in the 60s, there was a company that would make adapters, so you could put almost any engine in any vehicle, a lot of folks put GM V-8s in the back of their Porsches, or Ford Pinto motors in the back of VW vans. The company was called crown adapters, and I believe they were located in California, My neighbor put a Ford V8 in the front of his Austin Healey 3000, that car was insanely fast, At the time old Healeys weren’t classic cars, Just an old car, So it wasn’t sacrilege to modify it

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This series is awesome! I can’t wait to see the turbo install and what it can do. I would also love a series comparing this to a larger D1105 or D1305 to see the difference between engine sizes.

It LOOKS beautiful. it has a very 'factory' look to it. This is one of the cleanest engine swaps to date on this channel. You may not be getting full rated torque out of the engine. If you were able to get the car up past 45 MPH with the 420CC single cylinder engine, surely, this 20 HP 3-cylinder engine should achieve highway speeds. Granted, it won't have the quickest acceleration, but, it should top out just fine. You should also know, that diesel engines are much more efficient than gasoline engines, owing to high compression, and no throttling losses. They simply don't heat up at idle the way a gasoline engine does, because, there's a lot of air coming through the intake, though, very little fuel. (Remember, there is NO throttle valve to restrict the intake air flow.) The intake airflow volume is almost enough to keep the engine from warming up on a cold day. The ONLY way to warm up a diesel, is to load it.

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