E85 conversion: Can it be done?

I was just wondering if anyone knows how to convert a 1600 to use E85
alternative fuel??? Or Bio-Diesel???? THanks!

change the rubber hoses and other rubber items and let us know!!!
you can be the first to post results. ;-)

"supergeorge" > wrote in message
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>I was just wondering if anyone knows how to convert a 1600 to use E85
> alternative fuel??? Or Bio-Diesel???? THanks!
>

"One out of many Daves" > wrote in message
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> change the rubber hoses and other rubber items and let us know!!!
> you can be the first to post results. ;-)

Not good advice.

I like using alcohol for many reasons and use blends from E-10 to E-85
in all my vehicles including mowers and other small engines. I will be
using E-50 blends. this summer. VW made and ran thousands of air
cooled engines running on alcohol in Brazil for decades. I have not
been able to find anything on the net as to the modificatons made,
compression used timing or anything else. This was a factory alcohol
engine and would burn E-85 to E-100. I've even found pictures of a
front engine air-cooled VW auto made only one year which ran alcohol
however, no specs. Let me know if you find anything from VW of Brazil.
I will continue experimenting with my own VW's. By the way, Brazil
announced a couple of days ago that it has become totaly self-reliant on
it's alcohol production and does not have to import foreign oil. Good
luck, Dennis

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"Dennis Wik" > wrote in message
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>I like using alcohol for many reasons and use blends from E-10 to E-85
> in all my vehicles including mowers and other small engines. I will be
> using E-50 blends. this summer. VW made and ran thousands of air
> cooled engines running on alcohol in Brazil for decades. I have not
> been able to find anything on the net as to the modificatons made,
> compression used timing or anything else.

Write me offline, Den. I have a book on converting the ACVW to alcohol. I
think you will be amazed by the changes necessary.
--
John in Winona

So, this book you have talks about classic VW 1600cc conversions? Is
the conversion pretty intense? I spoke with a mechanic today who said
he used to race VW's and used alcohol and the only thing he did was
change out the rubber seals in the carb. and had larger jets installed.
He said it was much worse on mpg (2gal of alcohol compared to 1 of
gas), but that was the only thing he could think of that needed
changing. Any help/advice would be helpful.

By the way, Brazil
announced a couple of days ago that it has become totaly self-reliant
on
it's alcohol production and does not have to import foreign oil. Good
luck.

Wrong... Brazil found enough oil to be self suffient.It's not going to
have to rely on oil any more.
Just Google Brazil oil and read the stories about it.

Mark

" By the way, Brazil
announced a couple of days ago that it has become totaly self-reliant
on
it's alcohol production and does not have to import foreign oil. Good
luck."

Wrong... Brazil found enough oil to be self suffient.It's not going to
have to rely on alcohol any more.

Just Google Brazil oil and read the stories about it.

Mark

Actually Brazil did discover off shore oil for it's own use but this is
not the real reason it became self- sufficient. It's 30 year alcohol
program is the reason. This year they are exporting alcohol to other
countries also and are investing 9 billion in building new alcohol
plants in Brazil and in other countries. The New York Times had a great
article by Larry Rohter on the Brazilian oil/alcohol success on Apr 11,
2006, and click on below for a look at USA's view on it. ( I hope it
comes through) Dennis

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why?

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> "One out of many Daves" > wrote in message
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>> change the rubber hoses and other rubber items and let us know!!!
>> you can be the first to post results. ;-)
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> Not good advice.
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