Well I finally found a good diesel to run on SVO. In fact I did one better, I found a diesel that already runs on SVO!
Here is a shot of my new 2001 VW Golf TDI. This car has a kit from Greascar and has run SVO for over 40,000 miles. I would have liked to do a custom conversion but the price this one was offered at I couldn’t pass up. There is quite a bit of work that needs to be done on it. For about 20,000 the owner was running with a detached air filter, resulting in particulate entering the engine and scoring the cylinders. Cylinder #1 started to loose compression and needs to be bored oversize and oversized pistons put in. Since I lack things like an engine lift, engine stand, unique engine tools, etc, etc I’ve found a shop in the area that will pull the engine, and a engine shop that will do the work. I also plan to have a new clutch and water pump installed as well as have the head re-done. All in all, it’s damn near a new engine in this bad boy! I plan for an easy 100,000 after the repairs.
The guy who put the Greasecar conversion in the vehicle did a so-so job under the hood so I plan on fixing it up and make it look good (aka. a good excuse for me to rip it out and do it my way)… hey, in the words of Dr. Emmet Brown, “If you’re going to built a time machine SVO vehicle, why not do it with a little style?” 
Also, since I am an embedded computer guy, I plan on building a digital temp monitor and computer for the car to know temperature, flow rate, etc.
Check out my new youtube channel and intro video to the Golf and check back soon for more updates.
http://www.youtube.com/thesmartdrive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcRv1wkvFrs