[MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Zoltan Finks
I have gotten to really like this show on Discovery channel. Now that this channel is included in my limited basic cable package. They just were testing fuel mileage myths. They tested several wacky contraptions they found - mostly on the net - that were supposed to improve MPG. I think only one

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Zoltan Finks
Also: Kaleb: just a note to let you know that somehow I seem to have been removed from the biodiesel list. What should I do to rectify this? Brian On 7/11/07, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have gotten to really like this show on Discovery channel. Now that this channel is included in

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Hendrik Riessen
going to get together and beat then back? - Original Message - From: Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:38 PM Subject: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD Also, it's amazing to me that sometimes

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2007-07-12 Thread Jeff Zedic
I think the best example of an expert that couldn't really do stuff is Bob Vila. I was often amazed at how much of a noob he was at home improvement stuff. Jeff Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor:

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread John Robbins
Hendrik Riessen wrote: Yes but are they really knowledable or just a couple of actors playing the part? You can only be an expert at so many things... and they do build and design lots of stuff on their own. They also weren't actors in their work before Mythbusters...

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread dave walton
I've been running 100% WVO in my 87SDL since April with no mods whatsoever to the car. There is a bit of hesitation when you accelerate until it gets warmed up. More so on cold mornings. -Dave Walton On 7/12/07, Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have gotten to really like this show on

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Hendrik Riessen
Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD Hendrik Riessen wrote: Yes but are they really knowledable or just a couple of actors playing the part? You can only be an expert at so many things... and they do build and design lots of stuff on their own. They also weren't actors in their work before

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Hendrik Riessen
Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD I've been running 100% WVO in my 87SDL since April with no mods whatsoever to the car. There is a bit of hesitation when you accelerate until it gets warmed up. More so on cold mornings. -Dave Walton ___ http

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2007-07-12 Thread Curt Raymond
They're the real deal, I've worked with Adam before. They were both well known in the industry before they were asked to do the show. -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:45:18 +0930 From: Hendrik Riessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

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2007-07-12 Thread Marshall Booth
Zoltan Finks wrote: SNIP But later they tested the myth that a diesel can run on discarded cooking oil. They used an SD. They just filtered it (wish they told us how) and ran it out of a translucent plastic jug they mounted up by the windshield. They were quite surprised that with no car

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Luther
WOW, 100% vegoil without pre-heating? You're REALLY asking for trouble. I give you 10,000 miles at MAX before you have injection pump, injectors, pre-chamber, or ring problems. There are major engine problems running 100% vegoil when it's preheated to 150F or higher, let alone running it at

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
resubscribe? - Original Message - From: Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD Also: Kaleb: just a note to let you know that somehow I seem

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2007-07-12 Thread Robert Tara Ludwick
Actually, the red hair guy was ... or at leas an aspiring actor way back. At one time they showed an old clip of him in one of the old Charmin toilet paper commercials, he was the young shop clerk working in Mr Whipple's store in the ' please don't squeeze the Charmin' commercial...with a lot

Re: [MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Tara Ludwick
That guy couldn't find his way out of a paper sack with a sawzall. The few times I've seen that guys show, I've noticed the annoyance on the faces of the people he was supposedly helping while they were quietly covering for his screwing up. -Robert Jeff Zedic wrote: I think the best

[MBZ] Anybody watch Mythbusters? Just tested WVO in SD

2007-07-12 Thread Paulo Shaanker
I have gotten to really like this show on Discovery channel. Now that this channel is included in my limited basic cable package. They just were testing fuel mileage myths. They tested several wacky contraptions they found - mostly on the net - that were supposed to improve MPG. I think only one