Nitro/ fat

[Anonymous]

where does nitro come from?

does it come from fat?

CAn fat like vegetable oil be modified to work in a gas engine?

I think that fat may work in a high compression engine, I understand it does in the cummins, mabe filtering it out.

 

[trashline]

i belive that already exisists, dont quote me but i heard it can run on any kind of cooking oil

 

[Anonymous]

www.veggiecar.com

I actually saw that Z on the 405 this past summer. It seems to be a good runner, I was going about 85mph when I passed him. If I'd only kept the '79 240 turbo diesel I'd have a veggie burning car now.

 

[Lazy JW]

I think you will have difficulty burning vegetable oil/ fats in a gasoline engine. The octane rating just isn't going to be very user friendly and good luck getting the engine started on it The reason it works in diesels is because diesels don't compress the fuel, they just compress the air and then spray fuel into the hot charge of compressed air which ignites the fuel. A gasoline (spark ignition) engine compresses the air/fuel mixture together and then lights the fire with a spark. It is critical that the fuel resist igniting until the spark occurs, but low octane fuel will pre-ignite just from the heat of compression. I have a 1941 John Deere Model "A" tractor that was designed to run on low octane fuel such as kerosene. It has a very low compression ratio ( 4.45:1 ) and a pre-heated intake to help vaporize the fuel. Even then, you have to start it on gasoline and then switch it over when it is warmed up, and be careful to shut the fuel off and let the carburetor clear itself out when you shut it down.
Joe