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my mom wants to buy a diesel and make her own biodiesel, The most costly ingredient is methanol you need about 5 gallons to make about 40 gallons of biodiesel. I assume methanol, racers use in high hp applications is whats used and prob. the cheapest, but i cant seem to find anything online about the ave. costs. I use nitro for my rc cars and on the side of the bottle it says 99% methanol and thats 20$ per gallon so im sure its got to be cheaper than that. But does any one know the cost? and weres the cheapest/best place to get it? dragstrips, racetracks? hotrod shops?
thanks guys.
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Originally posted by dubkatz:
my mom wants to buy a diesel and make her own biodiesel, The most costly ingredient is methanol you need about 5 gallons to make about 40 gallons of biodiesel. I assume methanol, racers use in high hp applications is whats used and prob. the cheapest, but i cant seem to find anything online about the ave. costs. I use nitro for my rc cars and on the side of the bottle it says 99% methanol and thats 20$ per gallon so im sure its got to be cheaper than that. But does any one know the cost? and weres the cheapest/best place to get it? dragstrips, racetracks? hotrod shops?
thanks guys.
Whoa! Isn't methanol by itself highly flammable? Maybe she should consider a Taurus bifuel E85 engine car.
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Originally posted by Tony2005:
Whoa! Isn't methanol by itself highly flammable?
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Methanol is used on a limited basis to fuel internal combustion engines, mainly by virtue of the fact that it is not nearly as flammable as gasoline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol
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After you buy all the required equipment, last i heard it cost .70c for a gallon of biodiesel.
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Originally posted by TGO:
After you buy all the required equipment, last i heard it cost .70c for a gallon of biodiesel.
Some say its as cheap as .40c a gallon, it all depends on how much the methanol is. Wich is what i cant seem to find.
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Originally posted by hetfield:
Originally posted by Tony2005:
Whoa! Isn't methanol by itself highly flammable?
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Methanol is used on a limited basis to fuel internal combustion engines, mainly by virtue of the fact that it is not nearly as flammable as gasoline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol
From the article.
"A methanol flame is almost colorless. Care should be exercised around burning methanol to avoid burning oneself on the almost invisible fire."
And she was thinking of doing the blend herself. Not buying a methanol blend at the pump.
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Originally posted by Tony2005:
Originally posted by hetfield:
Originally posted by Tony2005:
Whoa! Isn't methanol by itself highly flammable?
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Methanol is used on a limited basis to fuel internal combustion engines, mainly by virtue of the fact that it is not nearly as flammable as gasoline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol
From the article.
"A methanol flame is almost colorless. Care should be exercised around burning methanol to avoid burning oneself on the almost invisible fire."
And she was thinking of doing the blend herself. Not buying a methanol blend at the pump.
the methanol gets mixed with veggie oil and lye it never gets near a flame. But thanks for your concern
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Sounds pretty risky to me dub, discourage her against it.
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it's not risky at all...im considering doing it myself.
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Originally posted by Mental Case:
Sounds pretty risky to me dub, discourage her against it.
changing your own oil is risky to you!!!
+ It was my idea in the first place. Shes such a tree hugger, i though she might like the idea, and now that gas is more expensive than diamonds 
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