2ndGenGuy
10-12-2008, 02:06 PM
Interesting article on Jalopnik about a race from Berkeley to Los Angeles. The trick is that you can't run your vehicle on anything petroleum based. The last car I expected to see was a 3gee Accord... Pretty cool. I guess they have some sort of device that burns pretty much any biomass that... well burns. And it converts it into Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide... Don't ask me how it works, I have no idea.
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This is the website for the team who is doing it. No mention of the Accord yet. But looks like they're still working on it.
http://allpowerlabs.org/gasification/gek/
The gasification idea sounds great to All Power Labs, so they put together this '86 Accord with hacked ECM that allows switching between gasoline and "any solid carbonaceous material." Unfortunately, even after an all-out 24-hour thrash before the race, the bugs hadn't all been worked out and the Accord wouldn't be making the race… this time. Check out the power-window motor that runs the fuel-feeding auger.
http://jalopnik.com/5062235/escape-from-berkeley-by-any-non+petroleum-means-necessary
http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/medium_2932913478_a271ee910f_o.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/medium_2932914364_16266ebed0_o.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/medium_2932914034_633339278d_o.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/medium_2932913716_f902e5daef_o.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/medium_2932915198_74612fb129_o.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/medium_2932056679_5d648fd34a_o.jpg
http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/10/medium_2932055057_565de88b5b_o.jpg
This is the website for the team who is doing it. No mention of the Accord yet. But looks like they're still working on it.
http://allpowerlabs.org/gasification/gek/
The gasification idea sounds great to All Power Labs, so they put together this '86 Accord with hacked ECM that allows switching between gasoline and "any solid carbonaceous material." Unfortunately, even after an all-out 24-hour thrash before the race, the bugs hadn't all been worked out and the Accord wouldn't be making the race… this time. Check out the power-window motor that runs the fuel-feeding auger.
http://jalopnik.com/5062235/escape-from-berkeley-by-any-non+petroleum-means-necessary