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Petrol is running out, Do U KNOW WHERE I CAN GET AN DIFFERENT ENGINE THAT DOESNT USE ANY OIL BASED FUEL. (IE: ETHANOL), (HYDROGE

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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#337492
Petrol is running out, Do U KNOW WHERE I CAN GET AN DIFFERENT ENGINE THAT DOESNT USE ANY OIL BASED FUEL. (IE: ETHANOL), (HYDROGEN ETC.) THAT STILL HAS GRUNT AND CAN ROAR!

I suppose if it is available, best to change them now.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

sax Insano Dub Head

846 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#337547
Should have no trouble finding a cheepy here which relies on the Flintstone
propulsion system.

YABBA DABBA DOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! wiiiiiiiLLLLLmaaaaaa !
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akean1 Remember To Love

1,088 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#337596
start working out on your legs, those pushbikes are gonna be pretty handy in a few years:jesus

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#337620
i'd like to see a 3 lane highway with go karts 10 a breast. like some of the asian countries and their scooters.

karmen Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,648 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#337635
better 10 breasts a go cart

make everyone happy and you could runit on milk !!!!!!!
Karmen
56 oval resto 60 Cal KG
58 & 62 beetle parting. 74 panel parting
63 Baja 80 GLD parting
58 donor split 11 window 63 Splitty sgle cab /son's
96 Seat Cordoba GLX daily drvr.

akean1 Remember To Love

1,088 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#337636
karmen wrote:better 10 breasts a go cart

make everyone happy and you could runit on milk !!!!!!!
what about when we eat all the cows!?

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#337701
They made Beetles in Brazil that ran on Alcohol....

But You would always run out of alcohol on a friday night...

Would need a tank that You couldn't syphon from 🙂🙂

Not sure where the alcohol came from......??
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Boozer Demented But Determined

1,999 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#337965
I gotta website that details how to convert a Vw over to run on anywhere from 30-100% enthanol.
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."

akean1 Remember To Love

1,088 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#337966
Boozer wrote:I gotta website that details how to convert a Vw over to run on anywhere from 30-100% enthanol.
can you put it up or u2u it?

subaru.freak Casual Dubber

45 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#338830
EA81-D, came in FHI Forklifts in the early 80s. Run the bitch on filtered cooking oil. Makes about 40hp and should return about 5 mpg...
Me fail English? That's unpossible!

Jenny Officially Full-On Dubber

352 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#339246
What they said - convert to a diesel motor and run it on biodiesel to start and get it up to operating temperature then switch to straight vegie oil.
Plenty of info on how to do it.
Here's another article http://www.ata.org.au/articles/76veggieoil.pdf

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#339520
Hmm. Its a hard one. Ethanol sounds good though.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

ClassicVW(pacific) Custom Title Time!

1,627 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#339539
Oil isn't running out, not in our lifetime. I heard we have only tapped into about 5% of the oilfields already found.
I think its just a ploy to make us pay more for the stuff.
In the UK some guy ran his car on Pig sh**, one of the major companies bought the idea and shelved it.

Boozer Demented But Determined

1,999 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#339541
I thought I'd lost this link.

HOW TO MODIFY YOUR CAR

TO RUN ON ALCOHOL FUEL


http://terrasol.home.igc.org/alky/alky.htm
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."

dubcab Seriously Crusin Dubber

175 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#339544
How does 120h.p. sound running on my own backyard biodiesel. I can see T.D.I. engine conversions outnumbering subaru conversions when we hit $2 a litre. sssshhh just dont tell too many people your making your own fuel.

Boozer Demented But Determined

1,999 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#339940
it used to be free last year, I should of copied it oh well it was a good read.
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."

Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#339956
Yep, good discussion topic, but dont be seriously concerned about Oil (and hence Petrol) running out in your lifetime (unless you live to about 200).

1. R / P ratios (reserves to Production) of crude oil has sat static at approx 40 years since the early 80's. So for 20 years we have been discovering and producing new resvoirs at the rate that old ones are drying up + meeting global growth.

2. As time goes on, cars WILL become more fuel efficient (ie think hybrids like the Prius and Honda Civic), thus helping to offset the fact that there will be more of them around. This should help slow down demand growth.

3. Once conventional oil supply starts to dwindle, the price will rise. Once the price gets high enough, it then becomes economically viable to implement technologies such as refining Shale Oils (difficult due to the high solids contents and misplaced media / greenie angst), Gas to Liquids (GTL) technoliges (ie reforming natural gas to petrol size molecules) and Solids to Liquids (ie making petrol and diesel from Coal and nat gas / CO2). All of these techniques are proven technologies (at pilot plant level) that are simply still too expensive to fly economically while the price of oil is still $50 odd a BBL. Another good one (my personal favourite) is refining Canola oil to diesel - anyone know any farmers (I do !!)

Petrol wont ever 'run out'. It will simply get so expensive that you will be better off converting your bug to electric power and installing a static hydrogen fuel cell to power your home and recharge your car (and heat your water too).