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Tactical Strike Race Fuel Actualized

Discussion in 'General' started by bodell, Dec 31, 2011.

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What to do with the finished fuel?

  1. A. Run it in my first 2012 race so everyone can smell the bacon.

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  2. B. Give it to K-Mo for inventing the "Tactical Strike" name.

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  3. C. Take it to Lee's and dyno it vs. fuel of beeb's choice.

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  4. D. Post your own idea.

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  1. bodell

    bodell Green Racing Advocate

    Here is a shot of the ready to wash fuel. It is a liquid at room temperature unlike the grease we started with. The glycerin has been removed with a syringe, now the methanol will be washed out with water in the next step.
     

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  2. bodell

    bodell Green Racing Advocate

    I have fabricated a wash tank by cutting the bottom off of a vodka bottle and affixing an aquarium hose for draining.

    This will let me mist hot water over the top of the fuel and drain the alcohol and soap contaminated water from the bottom, leaving clean, methanol free fuel behind.
     

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  3. bodell

    bodell Green Racing Advocate

    These photos show the fuel before and after the wash.

    I put a bottle of dish soap behind the jar so that you can see the difference in transparency.
     

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  4. bodell

    bodell Green Racing Advocate

    Now we dry the fuel. This removes any trace alcohol or water that did not separate in the wash. I have added a bubbler to speed up the process that heat would do alone. Once again, we will know that it is done once the fuel stops bubbling. (Without the bubbler of course)
     

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  5. bodell

    bodell Green Racing Advocate

    Our feedstock bacon grease is now biodiesel, which is the feedstock for BioWeapon, er.. I mean Tactical Strike Race fuel.

    The next processes will not be described in detail, because they are BWFuel trade secrets, however, I will show photos of procedure and give a general overview of what is going on.

    More to come soon. Until then, here is a photo of our finished biodiesel to compare with previous photos along the way. The rotten pork/grease smell is gone, and it is virtually transparent with an amber tint. This is suitable to run in a diesel motor as it sits. The next processes will make it run in a gasoline engine, and ultimately make substantial power gains over pump gasoline and marginal power gains over our competitors. (If pork performs as well as chicken)

    I will be meeting with my partners later in the week to combine our quarts of bacon diesel and begin the final stages of making Tac-Strike!


    STAY TUNED!!!
     

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  6. chastain11

    chastain11 Well-Known Member

    This shit is cool...

    making me hungry though... you keep saying BACON!
     
  7. kendamn

    kendamn Well-Known Member

    yikes!
     
  8. kz2zx

    kz2zx zx2gsxr2zx

    I just wanna know what it'll smell like on the track.
     
  9. bodell

    bodell Green Racing Advocate

    Vote in the poll.
     
  10. Lee shierts

    Lee shierts New Member

    Dyno test lined up at LEES PERFORMANCE

    I just got off the phone with brad and he's way pumped up about this fuel. The plan is to test it on his zx10, we are going to tune it on BACON JUICE then pump it out and tune it on vpmr12. We will do this towards the end of the month when I get back from a race I'm going to in aruba!!! :D Wooo hee!!!!I can't wait!:
     
  11. bodell

    bodell Green Racing Advocate

    Please allow me to introduce the previous poster the beeb. Many of you may know him, but to those who don’t, Lee one of the highest authorities in the motorcycle performance game. He is also an accomplished road racer and now spends most of his time terrifying the competition at the drag strips. He also has a few top speed records. Lee has been invaluable in the design of BioWeapon, and has spent many hours on the dyno helping us develop our product. I am happy to see his enthusiasm to throw some bacon on the dyno next.

    Here are a few of his publications…
    http://www.leesperformance.com/articles.php

    I am currently running one of his engines, and I cant recommend him enough. If you are anywhere near Charlotte, NC it is definitely worth the drive to check out his shop.
     

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  12. Dits

    Dits Will shit in your fort.

    This is my first look at this thread.

    Are you refining gasoline on the top of your stove in mason jars? :eek:














    You DO know that you can utilize your mason jar chemical mastery for good and not evil, don't you? :D
     
  13. Funkm05

    Funkm05 Dork

    He's making race fuel that'll smell like bacon. How is that not good?? :confused:

    :D
     
  14. Dits

    Dits Will shit in your fort.

    Some basic chemistry skills coupled with a bunch of mason jars, sugar and corn. Add in an isolated area with a clean water source and a 1968 Ford Torino and you're in bidness. :D
     
  15. stickboy274

    stickboy274 Stick-a-licious Tire Dude

    Being southern, looking at those mason jars makes me thirsty. You could run a motor off of what is normally in those also.

    Brad, I like that you put the fire extinguisher in the pic. For the rest of you, he had to do that to keep the BBS mob from telling him that he was going to kill everyone in a 100 mile radius to him.

    Looks tasty. I have a diesel generator that hasn't run in a while. I should get some of that bio-d and clean it up. The race fuel has worked good in everything I own.
     
  16. V5 Racer

    V5 Racer Yo!

    Personally I think we should be mixing this up on a tree floating down the river, then turning around and testing it in the saws...

    but that's just me.

    :D
     
  17. Funkm05

    Funkm05 Dork

    WIN :clap:


    :crackup:
     
  18. stickboy274

    stickboy274 Stick-a-licious Tire Dude

  19. Dits

    Dits Will shit in your fort.

    Wearing safety glasses and MLB approved catcher's gear of course. :D
     
  20. V5 Racer

    V5 Racer Yo!

    Heck no, with a mason jar of shine in the other hand. That way you have to pay attention or you'll drink the wrong one. :up:
     

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