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You cannot do this. Just ask GM; they tried the same thing in the 1970s with disastrous results.

Since Diesel engines use compression ignition an engine block and heads must be built specifically built to withstand far higher compression ratios than gas engines.

Compression ignition engines such as Diesels also need no ignition system since the oil that is atomized and inducted into the combustion chamber explodes spontaneously due to the high temperature of air compression.

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