What alternative fuels are available for Two Stroke engines. I am looking into alcohol. Thinking of building a still. What I need to find out is, will pure alcohol and two stroke oil mix, and will the alcohol harm the engine. Next how can I make my own Two Stroke oil. Chicken fat, Pig lard, Burger griddle grease?. Zooming down the road smelling like a drunken hamburger! Bye Bye Oil companys, oops tires are rubber and petroleum. Tires made of bamboo, naaa. Any thoughts,
When you get 'er up and running I'll take 2 gallons! Hope the federalis aren't monitoring us! Actually the best alternative is to scrap your motor ideas and just pedal!
Na, the Doc said before I can start exercising I have to get healthy. And boy I got a long ways to go.
Liquor won't help that. Not to mention Distilling is illegal in most states. You can brew just not distill.
illegal in most states I am not sure what the legal part is today, but you can get a permit for 100 gallons a year. without a oenology license or permit thru the ATF. And beer and wine is 200 gallons per year. They suppose to issue a permit for fuel, even a farmer that takes his own produce (corn) and make fuel for his own use on the farm to run tractors has to apply for a permit thru the ATF. Laws SUCK, but its either that or the pajamas with nice black and white strips.
Distillation requires a lot of energy - I believe veggie diesel is a practical fuel to consider for home production. Not as many engine choices currently but the efficiency and vast options for making it in small quantities seem to be a very attractive fuel IMO. And I don't think you'll need to worry about the BATF either... Anybody seen small diesel engines?
Nuclear fusion, the fusion source for a bicycle would be the size of a golf ball and last close two hundred years. And run electric wheel hub motors, that would be green. Governmental Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Actually Alcohol is a really good fuel for 2 stroke engines due to the generally higher compression ratios they have that alcohol thrives on. You need a bit of assistance to get things flowing however in the form of a shot of ether. Many states are allowing distilling now along with BATF permits because of a boutique distillery movement afoot. The amount of energy necessary to distill is not that bad and can be achieved by several sustainable methods. Get David Blumes book "Alcohol Can Be A Gas" for all the info you should need.
The buses here run on raps oil, a yellow flower that is also used for cooking oil and margarine. Seems to work in their diesel engines quite well. Smell better too.
I guess the RC model world uses small diesel engines and here's a guy who blended some veg oil with small amount of other ingredients to produce his own fuel that apparently works in a small, lightweight but very noisy engine. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g0ri5kiRkM]YouTube - Vegetable Oil as Diesel fuel for Model Airplane Engines[/ame]
on my 50cc 4 stroke 4speed motorbike $5NZ a week and you get to ride every day My point is small engines are cheap to run why make things complex
I know when you run fuel it burns much hotter then gasoline. You coould burn the melt a hole in the piston, melt you plug or burn the rings. A lot of things change when you use different fuels. You might be able to get away with it for a while, it just shortens the life of the internals. Try it the pistons and parts for those motors are super cheap and easy to replace. All in all I agree with craisin, why make things complex.
well its easy to agree neicull too If you were to figure out how much it costs to set up a still in the first place and spent the money on gas you may have a few years running
well with a bit of applied logic its easy to improve performance on a 2stroke engine and if you stay within the boundries of commonsense it should be more fuel-efficient So theres no need to mess with fuel with uncertain benefits When I was young it was more fun experimenting with girls:thumbsup:
