*REALLY* Alternative Fuel El Camino....

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We need to get this guy in here!

From Here: This El Camino runs on burning wood

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This El Camino runs on burning wood

Justin Hyde — Ridiculously, in America, the only acceptable vehicles for a politician are either U.S.-built hybrids or an old pickup truck. In Finland, a parlimentary candidate is highlighting his 1987 El Camino converted to run on wood gas. Can we write in?

Juha Sipilä's "El Kamina" — "kamiina" means "stove" in Finnish — was built to highlight the potential for biofuels. The wood gas system is similar to ones that were widespread in Europe during World War II when oil was scarce. While loading chunks of wood into a tank seems like a mideval form of combustion, a properly engineered system can burn cleaner than a gasoline engine and travel a decent distance.

This El Camino runs on burning woodThe El Kamina's system can power the car about 125 miles on a full 175-pound tank of wood chips, but the car itself could carry enough wood for 800 miles. While the wood gas and scrubbing system boosts the weight of the Kamina to 4,400 lbs., it can still manage a top speed of 87 mph. The system can also combine gasoline with wood gas in the 400-cubic-inch Chevy V8.

Sipilä says the El Kamina shows how homegrown biofuels could cut oil imports, and help pave the way for electric vehicles, especially ones built by hobbyists. And he's not alone; the Finnish society of cars converted to wood gas includes several pickups, the expected Saabs and Volvos, and even a Toyota Camry. This is one campaign we can heartily endorse.

 

[tc1959]

Oh Yea.I can see the Fed's giving a big thumbs up on that one. :lol:

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Oh Yea.I can see the Fed's giving a big thumbs up on that one. :lol:

Im sure they'll find something wrong with it.

 

[1979ratrod]

all he needs is the woody vinyl on the sides

 

[CIDvicious]

You have no idea how freaky this post is for me!

I have a Camino project car- AND my other hobby is splittin firewood!!! I heat my home with it. It's also a great way to workout without a gym membership.

I take it that oak must be like 104 octane and pine is like 87 or sumthin? Couldn't resist a shot of me splitin and stackin some "racin' fuel"

 

[andrewmp6]

Its called wood gas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas

 

[ELBMINO]

throw some ribs in that smoker as you drive...