First of all I'd say take a stock engine, bung some diesel injection on and see if you can get it to start and if it starts see if it'll rev.

In principal it can be done but there's some things to think about.

1-Is to make sure there's enough turbulence to mix the fuel and air
2-Is to get the right spray pattern out of the injector to match the combustion chamber
3-Diesel combustion is slower since the fuel and air are not already mixed, this I think is the limiting factor for rpm. That and how quickly you can squirt it in.
4-Diesel burns at stoichiometric ratio at the surface of the fuel drop
5-Diesel will begin to combust at 200+ deg C, hotter makes combustion more likely and faster, getting it started will be easier with heated injectors and heater intake air (like a hair drier), diesel engines refer to this as a grid heater.

Sounds like a fun project.