FunTimePartyTeam Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 So... I thought I was done posting for the day. But I found this news story. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/14...reut/index.html ^^^Dude is fueling his car with dead cats.^^^ I think that he's actually into Bio-Diesel and just happens to add cats to the mixture and theyre blowing it out of proportion. We can discuss that, but also, does anyone have a bio-diesel car that runs on vegitable oil, and smells like french fries? How well does it work? Do resturaunts give that shit up easy? Fill me in, I was thinking about getting a new car, and obviously gasoline is expensive. Is conversion easy? Thank you... PS. 20 dead cats = full 11 gallon tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TresOne Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 clicketyclick clicketyclick clicketyclick As far as I can see, SVO (straight vegetable oil) conversion kits run about $700-$900. Hahaha, "rape oil"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING? Dude, that's fucking crazy...at least they're dead. If you've ever smelled a cat fart, you would know that right there is a untapped energy source...just feed them a bunch of raw chicken, figure out a way to harness the fury, and you could turn a Yugo into a top-fuel drag racer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunTimePartyTeam Posted September 15, 2005 Author Share Posted September 15, 2005 Yeah, but do you have to go super slow or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I read the link...sounds like "Mr. Fusion" gone WAYYYY wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I'm far from an authority on the subject but theirs actually a mechanic who lives the hood who does this for a living and from what he told me its best to do it with an older vehicle as opposed to a newer one..something to do with it being harder to convert with the newfangled computers and everything they have in the cars now, also he told me that he just goes to local fast food joints and they give it up pretty easy, theres also another guy who sells it here for a dollar a gallon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Alot of newer cars (some mercury, chevy, and ford) are flexible fuel vehicles, so you don't have to convert them to get them to run off of ethanol. Ethanol is fucking hard to get though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killing Butterflies. Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Originally posted by FunTimePartyTeam@Sep 14 2005, 07:29 PM So... I thought I was done posting for the day. But I found this news story. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/14...reut/index.html ^^^Dude is fueling his car with dead cats.^^^ I think that he's actually into Bio-Diesel and just happens to add cats to the mixture and theyre blowing it out of proportion. We can discuss that, but also, does anyone have a bio-diesel car that runs on vegitable oil, and smells like french fries? How well does it work? Do resturaunts give that shit up easy? Fill me in, I was thinking about getting a new car, and obviously gasoline is expensive. Is conversion easy? Thank you... PS. 20 dead cats = full 11 gallon tank. Quoted post refering to your question... if you get the oil from resturanuts you have to do many filtering processes. from what i can remember (it was a long while ago that i read up on this) you have to purchase some chemicals to help you along. meaning, you are going to have to prentend like you are in chem lab at school, mixing shit, and weighing things out. not like going to kragen's and buying some anti-freeze. but i could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Does it have some sort of attachment that will pick up cats when you run them over? 'Cuz hypothetically, you would never have to stop driving if it could do that. Assuming you run over a lot of cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Some restaurants are actually using synthetic fryer oils that companies pay them to take and recycle. That oil restaurants has various chemicals in it that may or may not be good in an engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 using the oil from deep friers is illegal on anything that is used on the highway (meaning generators and farm equipment are basically the only exception) because the government cannot tax it. yes suh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Originally posted by iloveboxcars@Sep 15 2005, 12:13 AM using the oil from deep friers is illegal on anything that is used on the highway (meaning generators and farm equipment are basically the only exception) because the government cannot tax it. yes suh. Quoted post Really? Because converting used cooking oil to BD is all the rage in Berkeley right now. I'm not calling bullshit on you, I just have a little more respect for them now that you told me that. Shit, I gotta get me a whip now! You can pick up an 1985 300D Benz for under two grand, in good shape. Since I live in an apartment, the cracking (oil to BD conversion) would have to be done elsewhere. A Doctor Diesel is three grand, but you could split that, I'm sure. The problem is, they'll probably start charging for used oil soon. I don't like cars, but this is starting to sound better and better the more I think about it. But, I'll leave the cats out of my mix, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 yeah. i wish i had more information on it so i could speak more in depth on why it is illegal but i dont. i'll ask acouple instructors today and see what i can come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Originally posted by ODS-1@Sep 14 2005, 05:04 PM Alot of newer cars (some mercury, chevy, and ford) are flexible fuel vehicles, so you don't have to convert them to get them to run off of ethanol. Ethanol is fucking hard to get though. Quoted post what the fuck are you talking about? 1. ethanol is easy to find. go to the liquor store and buy everclear, there you go. 2. ethanol is waaaaaay more expensive per gallon then gas! fuck that. 3. this shits about biodiesel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunTimePartyTeam Posted September 15, 2005 Author Share Posted September 15, 2005 Originally posted by harvey wallbanger@Sep 14 2005, 10:11 PM Does it have some sort of attachment that will pick up cats when you run them over? 'Cuz hypothetically, you would never have to stop driving if it could do that. Assuming you run over a lot of cats. Quoted post This is a very good question/point. I think if it doesn't, some serious innovation and time should be put into something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$19.78 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 As far as I know you can run BioDiesel through any Diesel car... I don't think you have to do anything to the car... it's making the juice thats important... You can't run straight french fry oil... you gotta do something to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I wonder if I could use dead people as fuel as well......"in theory". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Originally posted by rubbish heap@Sep 15 2005, 08:20 AM 1. ethanol is easy to find. go to the liquor store and buy everclear, there you go. Of course you can do that, but I think he was talking about finding a gas station that pumps ethanol for a reasonable price. Buying 5ths of shit made for human consumption isn't the same as buying gallons of denatured crap for your car. 2. ethanol is waaaaaay more expensive per gallon then gas! fuck that. See above. [ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunTimePartyTeam Posted September 15, 2005 Author Share Posted September 15, 2005 Originally posted by Shark Hammil@Sep 15 2005, 09:14 AM I wonder if I could use dead people as fuel as well......"in theory". Quoted post I bet "in theory" you could. I mean its all about processing right? We run our cars on dead dinosaurs, he runs his car on dead cats, so I bet that 'in theory' you, shark, could run your car off of dead people (in theory). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Originally posted by FunTimePartyTeam+Sep 15 2005, 12:32 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FunTimePartyTeam - Sep 15 2005, 12:32 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Shark Hammil@Sep 15 2005, 09:14 AM I wonder if I could use dead people as fuel as well......"in theory". Quoted post I bet "in theory" you could. I mean its all about processing right? We run our cars on dead dinosaurs, he runs his car on dead cats, so I bet that 'in theory' you, shark, could run your car off of dead people (in theory). Quoted post [/b]"Soylent Gas is PEOPLE!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 There's a car show from the UK where they rigged up this car to run off of methane from peoples shit. It worked but they went about 5 mph. And I doubt burning methane is the best shit for the environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunTimePartyTeam Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Hmm thats strange. It would probably work better if they used cow shit. Because of a cows diet, they produce far more methane than people. I dont think its all that bad for the environment though. I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 My neighbours just picked up a Toyota Echo. Good investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunTimePartyTeam Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 But why are all the super efficient cars so ugly? (echo^^^, original honda hybrid, etc...) I mean does theyre uglyness automatically save them gas milage? Or do light weight things have to be really ugly? It reminds me of this shoe, So silly looking. Yet so cofortable and light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Because by american standards anything thats not the size of a fucking tank is ugly... They probably try to make the car "aerodynamic" so it looks weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gren1 bnc Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Originally posted by FunTimePartyTeam@Sep 16 2005, 05:30 PM But why are all the super efficient cars so ugly? (echo^^^, original honda hybrid, etc...) I mean does theyre uglyness automatically save them gas milage? Or do light weight things have to be really ugly? It reminds me of this shoe, So silly looking. Yet so cofortable and light. Quoted post i tried some of this shit on. my foot was like an orgasm sandwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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