I saw that yesterday which is what got me started. This is the same
people. I think it was on the new "Ripley's Beleive it or Not". They
mentioned that it passed CA emissions tests, but I thought CA doesn't
test diesel engines!
--- "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> There was a piece on a couple of guys that converted a VW bus to run
> on
> cooking oil. They headed out from, I beilieve, Boston, heading for
> L.A.
> They made it, but had to rebuild the engine twice on the way. The
> oil
> they were using was not cracked, just filtered and dumped in. I
> think the
> piece was either on 60 minutes or 48 hours.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
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>
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>
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Pam & Paul Bauman wrote:
>
> > And people say fast food is soooo bad for you. What would the
> roadster
> > engine look like after running this stuff ? Easier to overhaul a
> car
> > than a person. Just consider the spare parts dilemma. Pam Bauman
> >
> > snyler wrote:
> >
> > >Adam Bradley wrote
> > >
> > >>Who wants to build a vegetable oil powered Roadster for the next
> Mt.
> > >>Shasta meet?
> > >>
> > >><http://www.greasecar.com>
> > >>
> > >First we'll need to drop in an H30 or other diesel ;^) I saw a
> little
> > >John Deere tractor running on this stuff... smelled like french
> fries :^).
> > >
> > >-Marc T.
> > >
> > >The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common.
> Instead
> > >of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to
> fit
> > >their views.
> > >
> > > -- The Doctor
> > >
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