as for distill as you drive, watch out for open container laws ;-) Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert luis rabello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] A Really Dumb Idea
> > > James Slayden wrote: > > > Robert, > > > > A good many of the Ford Rangers are already set up as FFV's, might want to > > check to see if you model is one. Ususlly there is a little plack on the > > gate that has a highway and a greenleaf. But I would check with a model > > database online to verify for sure. If it is an FFV it will allow you to > > run E-85, ie. 85% ethanol - 15% gas. Then you could blend your own. > > > > James Slayden > > > > No, mine isn't an FFV. The turbo Mustang guys frequently use larger > injectors and high output fuel pumps for more power on gasoline, and I > understand that those items are essentially a "bolt on" for my Ranger. > (Though I'd need 2 fuel pumps--one for gasoline, and the other for ethanol.) > Ethanol requires an injector orifice around 30% larger than gasoline, so the > bigger injectors should work. Fuel shut off valves are commercially > available, so I could switch between ethanol and gasoline from inside the > vehicle, just as I used to do when running propane on a previous car. > > The trouble with E 85 is that the ethanol must be anhydrous. I'd like to > try 100 proof ethanol with my high pressure injectors, but I'm not sure the > engine will run, and I worry about bending a connecting rod in a hydraulic > condition where the water does not vaporize. The last engine I built suffered > this fate after I checked my water injection and accidentally squirted a bit > of water into a cylinder. > > My wife has not let me hear the end of that one! > > So, I'm probably better off with the 160 proof variety. > > As far as the "distill while you drive" idea is concerned, I calculated > the output after a good night's sleep and it looks like my total commute would > yield about 1 liter of ethanol, or about 1 / 8 of what I'd need to get back > and forth from work! > > I guess that's why nobody is doing this. . . > > robert luis rabello > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
