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what would it take to convert a car to alternative fuels.?
i need to know the steps we need to take to convert the car to alternative
Just a common car, not any of the newer ones. A disel or gas car is what i'm mean. I need help finding the problems it would take to the do this. And ways to improve a car to be enviromently friendly.
that depends on the alternative fuel you plan on using. these are rough thumbnails of what needs to be done for various fuels;
diesel to biodiesel
not much needs doing here actually, except to upgrade the fuel lines of earlier diesels.
diesel to straight vegetable oil
you need a heated tank to hold the veggie oil, and a switch to change from diesel to veggie oil and back. you need the switch because you have to start and shut down on diesel to avoid the veggie oil clogging the fuel lines. as i stated the tank needs to be heated to get the veggie oil temperature up to about 175 degrees, especially in winter, so the oil lights off properly in the cylinders. there are several companies that make conversion kits, including some that have an automatic switch over to and from veggie oil.
gasoline to straight ethanol or E85
you need to upgrade the fuel lines and other parts of the fuel system to alcohol proof parts, otherwise the alcohol will eat up those parts and cause no end of problems. if you have electronic fuel injection, you can change the computer and add a flex fuel sensor that tells the computer how much alcohol is in the fuel at any given moment. if you have a carburetted engine, you need an alcohol carburettor. with a carburetted engine you cannot switch back to E10 or straight gasoline, it is one or the other. with EFI you can do both.
gasoline to methane, propane, compressed natural gas
i lumped these together because they all use similar systems with minor changes. you need a tank that can handle gas under high pressure, about 3500psi. you need a propane carburettor, or a separate EFI system to handle the gaseous fuel, if you want a dual fuel system. if you want to use the alternative fuel only(you fool) then you replace the entire fuel system with the components to handle the fuel of your choice.
the changes are not many, but you need to do the right ones.
