Hi all, Been a while since I posted (I broke my ankle skateboarding and I had been sidelined for a while). I've been playing catch-up ever since. Any way, since I've been back on my feet I've been working on my camper (77 VW Bus) to get it ready for winter and keep it from falling to bits. Prior to my injury I had been trying to assemble the parts to put a Rabbit diesel engine in it but, had run into problems finding an affordable engine in decent condition. Recently, I've been working on getting the engine right since I don't have the money to do all the body work that I want to do and today it occurred to me that I now have a very good understanding of the fuel injection system on this vehicle. That got me to thinking that I might have the resources to convert this engine to run ethanol. I found this book in one of Keith's posts:
How to Modify Your Car to Run on Alcohol Fuel (Guidelines for Converting Gasoline Engines, with Specific Instructions for Air-Cooled Volkswagens), R. Lippman, 1982. Hmmm, fits my criteria pretty darned well if it covers fuel injection. Anyone have (or had) a copy? Is it worthwhile? It seems to me that there might only be one part that would require replacement (I've replaced all the rubber anyway) but, I've have to take a deeper look. The way I remember it is that an adjustment to the spray pattern and an increase in compression are both good things and that a preheater is helpful during cold months. Can anyone summarize or point me to the changes needed to run ethanol? Any additional help would be most appreciated. Take care, Ken _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
