how about we limit it too any one or two cylinder NON EPA COMPLIANT diesel engine!
at least then we can develop a large enough lobby to get some exemptions maybe.... perhaps,,,, ok i guess we won't
on a serious note, living here in the states there is a finite supply of original listers, and getting one as easily as our fellow board members that live in England or one of the commonwealth countries is definetly not a cake walk by any means.
so we were left with listeroids, petteroids, and yes like it or not changfa's, at least until the EPA ban. in this crazy ass country who knows how long it will be before they confiscate all of them anyway.... don't laugh someone is probably thinking about it anyway.
i personally don't think this board should be so narrow in scope as to orphan these other engines and their variants, there is at least some power and protection in numbers, and certainly a better chance of getting something done and gathering more idea's and experiences.
i have been involved with another RE board for a number of years, and when they decided to change the format of the front page to block out anything that was not approved by the admin and place elsewhere the whole thing took a dive in my estimation, too limited in scope.
sure not everyone or everything is directly connected to a <750rpm lister, but there are those that develope idea's, processes and procedures on other engines that simply will take their ball and go home if they feel excluded. This is a serious loss in my mind.
as a hypothetical example...
say i guy in brazil ,, working with a petteroid running at 1500 rpm,, works out the plans, developes and impliments an exhaust gas heat exchanger from something as simple as a pop can, he documents it, produces graphs of results and all sorts of pictures to support the project... all done using a brick and a rock to manufacture it... that would be cool and would probably have wide use in all sorts of small diesel engine includeing the lister/listeroids of <750 rpm. if he feels excluded where does he go? maybe he just stays home and no one see's it.
i know this is an extreme example only made to illustrate my point..
my thinking is if one is to define the scope then dont narrow to much. perhaps keeping with older design engines, such as the lister, petter, and ok,,, maybe the changfa to a lessor degree. make it all things that connect to the use of these engines, beit generation (with old generators, or newer alternators) heat exchangers (cogeneration) or as used to pump air/water or do useful work.
i dunno,,, seems like my government spends alot of time removing options, i really don't like the feel of removing options here.
bob g