I wonder what it would take to convert a modern diesel (e.g. an EA288 TDI) to mechanical injection. You'd have to fit a mechanical injection pump, which has a

I wonder what it would take to convert a modern diesel (e.g. an EA288 TDI) to mechanical injection. You'd have to fit a mechanical injection pump, which has a different sized pulley, for a start. And injectors and lines adapted to fit. Pretty much infeasible, I suppose.