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I saw (and talked to) the guy today at HHW, he drives a pale yellow Mercedes 240D that's been converted to run on used fryer oil. He has his website and organization name plastered on the side of the car- but I cannot remember what it was.


Mark Cooper?? Anyone??

Thanks!!
Bret

There was just a whole show on Spike about this. It was actually the Trucks! show. Showed from start to finish how to make your own biodiesel.

They listed some place that sells the whole she-bang of equipment to do it.

Found the site;

http://www.diybiodiesel.com/

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85 Porsche 944 ASP 11
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all you need for a veggie oil conversion is a separate tank, heater, and some kind of switch. its not an uncommon mod for old rabbit diesels, and some companies make complete "greaser" kits.

you must run regular diesel fuel to warm up the motor, then switch it over to the veggie oil.

or you could make your own biodiesel, but that just seems like it would be a pain.

From how I understand it, if you are trying to run 100% biodiesel, you have to keep the temp of the stored fuel above 50 degrees as well, or it will congeal, making pumping it very difficult. This could be a serious problem half the year in NC. However, biodiesel is a vvverrry promising idea to me. An idea that truly seems to have the capability of acheiving future goals of reduced dependency on foreign oil, cleaner burning cars, and a truly renewable energy source, unlike the electrics, fuel cells, and hybrids BS. That is a very big deal and should be more aggressively pursued.

plus, you get to smell french fries every time you drive.

There is a very big difference between vegtable oil and biodesiel. Many set ups use the veggie oil directly and switch to it once the car is running.

Biodesiel requires nothing special to run in a vehicle, works just like regular desiel. Put it in and drive.

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91 Jetta GLI STS/DSP 111
85 Porsche 944 ASP 11
http://www.blackforestindustries.com

That is if your running one of the biodiesel blends. B5-B20, those are sold at the pump currently at some gas stations and require no modification at all to a diesel car/truck. These are blends of 5-20% biodiesel and the remaining being regular petrodiesel. It is possible to run pure 100% biodiesel as well, but that does require some changes to the car, namely keeping the stored fuel above 50 degrees.

Before Adam loses it:
http://forums.biodieselnow.com/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=24

The biodiesel crowd has a whole board devoted to resolving the winter issue.

http://greasecar.com/
This makes more sense to me since they've resolved the heating issue. With the conversion. The initial cost is less. And the fuel is more than likely free since restaurants pay to have the grease hauled off.

Besides with straightup biodiesel, you'd need a heated garage for your refinery at the house.

But I think I'd be hungry all the time. French fries. . .

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Not spectacular just decent.
I'm not sure what I'm driving.
Maybe an ITR in DS.
Or half-assed STX prepped 330.

Back when I grenaded at VIR, Matt Nicholson towed me home from VIR while I followed in the Sentra. We stopped at a place north of Charlotte for BioDiesel. It was a blend and was quite a bit cheaper. Interesting concept. Unfortunately for Matt's van, the place closed earlier than expected... probably ran out of fries. - AB

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'14 Toyota Sequoia Platinum 4WD
Super Westerfield Bros - '93 Integra - LeChump Du Jour
STX 93 - Scion FR-S

Didn't GRM do an article a couple of years ago about a guy form eastern NC who was racing a Biodiesel BMW? I seem to remember pics of the car on track at VIR.

Also, the buses at RDU all run on Biodiesel now.

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Todd Breakey
STS 42 - 1992 Sunburst Miata
Dammit!
"You souldn't play leap frog with a porcupine. You might get hurt." - Eliza

That would be the Honorable Reverend Al Taylor who was instructing at the June Rockingham school.

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Rich
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