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Old 02-17-2012, 11:41 AM   #4 (permalink)
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My 2¢. Waste Vegetable Oil is appealing because it saves the trouble of refining down your own Bio-Diesel. However, when you make Bio-D from vegetable oil you remove the glycerin (the stuff soap is made from). I have seen photos on other forums of some sludged up engines that have been running on WVO. There is a lot more mechanical complexity involved in running WVO with solenoids and heated oil tanks etc. My thought would be to get the diesel swap running well on Bio-D first and then see if you still want to go to the next step.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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