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Title: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: bettythebear on February 22, 2021, 09:40:58 AM: Not a lot of info here, but a pretty cool idea.

https://jalopnik.com/porsche-claims-its-synthetic-fuel-could-make-combustion-1846319665
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: Perazzimx14 on February 22, 2021, 09:45:26 AM: Wonder why they don't just work on using the most abundant element in the universe as a fuel source?
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: Wayne Orwig on February 22, 2021, 09:51:03 AM: Quote from: Perazzimx14 on February 22, 2021, 09:45:26 AM
Wonder why they don't just work on using the most abundant element in the universe as a fuel source?

But then what would people write about.

And we wouldn't have a 'synthetic versus dino fuel' thread. Everyone knows that synthetic fuel is better.
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: Perazzimx14 on February 22, 2021, 10:43:09 AM: Quote from: Wayne Orwig on February 22, 2021, 09:51:03 AM
But then what would people write about.

And we wouldn't have a 'synthetic versus dino fuel' thread. Everyone knows that synthetic fuel is better.

I heard that you'll have to run the motor on convention fuel for the 1st 5,000 miles to allow the injectors break in" before switching to synthetic fuel.
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: Wayne Orwig on February 22, 2021, 10:49:37 AM: Quote from: Perazzimx14 on February 22, 2021, 10:43:09 AM
I heard that you'll have to run the motor on convention fuel for the 1st 5,000 miles to allow the injectors break in" before switching to synthetic fuel.

And synthetic fuel will leak past to old hoses. :boozing:
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: Rough Edge racing on February 22, 2021, 12:03:57 PM: The Germans ran much of their WW2 machines on a liquid fuel from coal...I can't say how clean the process is but considering the coal reserves it's looking into...
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: ozarquebus on February 22, 2021, 01:54:52 PM: German synthetic fuel was not so good, from what I have read. Especially in aviation.
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: Rough Edge racing on February 22, 2021, 02:19:06 PM: Quote from: ozarquebus on February 22, 2021, 01:54:52 PM
German synthetic fuel was not so good, from what I have read. Especially in aviation.
It was lower octane than desired but it was better nothing. That was 75 years ago....
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: Mr Revhead on February 22, 2021, 11:01:04 PM: Could be why the Germans also had diesel aero engines
Title: Re: Synthetic Fuel
Post by: BrotherJim on February 23, 2021, 10:00:03 AM: Food for thought taken from a reader-posted comment of this article:

"I, for one, am all for taking a Volkswagen-controlled company’s word about clean fuel technology at face-value without any critical commentary."

Touche, right? You'd have to read some of the other comments for proper context. I am certainly not opposed to ideas that could better help us into the future. We'll see!