one step closer to resto/paint

[rhjames]

today was another slow step closer to getting the Euro to the resto/paint shop.

thanks to a fellow 928 owner, I have a set of 928 flat wheels to use while the car is at the resto paintshop.

I had three old tires but needed one more, and found a good used tire at Discount Tire for $10. All now mounted up and installed, the car is ready to travel across the lake to my buddy's resto shop. I just could not see leaving my expensive 997 wheels on the car to be ruined with paint over spray and such.....

Now if I can just come up with the money for paint and supplies......Damn fuel prices!!!


--Russ

[Danglerb]

Russ any truckers converting to biodiesel?

[rhjames]

there are some places where bio-diesel is available.

basic issues are supply and what it does to your fuel system. cost at the pump is near the same for dyno fuel---no power issues either.

if you use it exclusively, the first tank load will strip anything (trash) that has accumulated on the inside (of fuel tanks, fuel delivery lines, fuel pumps, fuel injectors, ad nauseum) and clog the fuel filters quickly.... once the first tank load is run thru the system and you change the filters, you're good to go.

the bio-diesel doesn't hurt the hardware, it just cleans it internally.

economic/engineering/political side of this makes no sense if you make bio-fuel out of food crops. best scenario is compressing coal to make diesel fuel (proven technology--current production cost is about $35 per barrel).

many truckers are using it, but it is not widespread.

Willie Nelson (famous Country Western singer/guitar picker/pot smoker/IRS target) has invested much in to his own brand of bio-diesel (Bio-Willie fuels).

--Russ

[Danglerb]

The processing units to convert McD to fuel keep getting smaller, my guess is that soon you will see big rigs with an extra tank for the raw oil, and a converter. Guy I met yesterday was telling me a local company (Corona, CA) is making conversion units and sells the raw oil for $1.50 a gallon, with about 60 cents a gallon in conversion cost for the DIYer.

*** From Willie Nelson's 70th celebration, "You don't look 70 Willie, but we remember when you did."