For REALLY good injection, check this out, plus a bit

Terry Martin terry_martin at mindlink.bc.ca
Wed Aug 27 00:17:30 GMT 1997


Further to Robert Harris' contribution, which I do say was good, I was
looking for information on "Bucky-balls", so named after Buckminster
Fuller's geodesic concepts. These are goofy geodesic form heavy carbon
molecules.

Trying to stay on subject, and assuming DIY-EFI is the appropriate place
for innovative minds trying to "go fast" with EFI, and also assuming
that what is EFI'd is directly proportional to output energy, it seems
the discussion of EFI fuel alternatives is appropriate here. (It's been
a hell of a lot more informative than elsewhere). Sometimes, while not
formally educated, individuals do come up with advanced concepts. I know
at least one guy in Saskatchewan, (a stubble jumper no less), that runs
a still and blends his own "gasahol" (at least from what ethanol he
doesn't consume). A big cost of operating a grain farm these days, other
than no-tillage farming(read heavy herbicide and fertilizer useage), is
a)the beer, and b)the fuel to run various equipment.

Mr. Harris already knows the problem with ethanol blended gasoline.
Blending diesel is one way to "blowed up good", and gasoline powered
carb'd vehicles don't respond well to ethanol blended diesel, leaving
DIY-EFI. 

Given that ethanol costs nothing but time and the initial investment in
distillation gear, which "ain't thet much of a problem" in Saskabush, a
custom injected engine with the injectors designed around the fuel, or
vise versa, would be a big advancement for small operators that run
their own equipment. (Can you say Combine?)

Anyhow, with seven 1/4's of prime land potentialy going in the crapper
for taxes, (my great grandparents settled it), and there's guy's out
there ploughing tonnes of barley under this year because it's selling
too cheap to bother taking off, it seems to me that farming is not only
to provide fuel for people.

Back to Bucky-ball's & Comments?

Terry




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