Is there a good reasonably priced small diesel engine?

[barbender]

OWW- My buddy MJ has a big single cylinder Chinese diesel, I think its in the 10-12 hp range. They seem to be tough and they run really smooth.  They run really low rpms though, I think like 1500. This one is complete with hand crank start (with decompression valve) I can see where that might get old after the novelty wore off.

[raycon]

Marine diesels. I have two single lung diesels in the 9HP rating (Volvo). The marine diesels if you get the whole setup have a often have a hefty flywheel. The smallest yanmar I have is a 13.5HP two cylinder.

[olyman]

well--ill comment here--- titan diesel generators--they use their own design diesel engine--the old titans were yellow---the newer ones are green--thats the engine you want--the old were allright--i have one--its just a bear to get parts for---this engine--has a full pressure oil pump--and pressure fed rod and main---and a big ball bearing on the flywheel end--they are meant to go at least 2500 hrs before a rering!!!!!they also have a counterbalance for the crankshaft----mine is electric--or pull start---with decomp lever---- they are single cyl up to 10 hp--and they are fuel mizers---i believe the 10 is approx 560.00--and they will run on bio dsl--and even CLEAN wvo---!!!!!!

[jrokusek]

You can also check out http://www.zjig.com

Made in China and shipped to the US.  I bought a 13HP Honda clone and am happy with it so far.  Don't know much about them otherwise though.

Jim

[treebucker]

Ok, I got lazy and didn't read the whole thread. But I did spot an error on figuring horsepower. Here is the explaination of the relationship between horsepower, torque and RPMs.

This is expained in more detail here: How Force, Power, Torque and Energy Work