Posted by ChadS on April 30, 2008 at 06:28:21 from (4.224.78.111):
In Reply to: Re: Running E85 posted by farmer101IL on April 29, 2008 at 06:09:46:
A list of tractors I have converted over:
JD A,B,G,60,70,720,730 IH, Well, all of em,, from a Cub Lo boy up to a 806 Olivers, 66,77,88,880, Case, only one,, a VAI (dont see many case tractors) and the list can go on and on.
Not one tractor, shares the exact setup as far as jetting and timing, and even if I mix in a little extra gasoline. each is their own song. If you guys think about it for just a second,, most tractor carbs, are jetted so small for fuel economy, they can be running so lean that they can burn up and destroy em on gas. Even if you take your tractor into a shop and they tune it on a dyno, and a good shop will take the carbs apart, rejet em, rebuild em etc etc, and guarenteed, your fuel "milage" goes down, even on gasoline. Todays gasoline, and the antique tractor has to be reset to run on this 4 dollar gas to get the best performance. So either way, your looking at a "milage drop" just by tuning in your engine to its fuel. On a tractor,,, say a M farmall, or a JD G, you wont notice much difference between a gas engine thats been "turned up" and one thats been converted to E85, maybe a half a gallon more per hour more with E85.
Im not in for politics on this subject, what happens is whats gonna happen, right? Most of our resources are being exported to use in other countries anywyas, and we get to bid on whats left over and pay out the nose for the remains, and thats all it is is remnants. Supply and demand? I dont think so, I think our country is trying to make some of its money back from the war by raping us.
In a perfect world, and maybe Im dreamin here, but when ol Uncle Jessie made shine on TV,, you never heard him complain on not having any corn to make that stuff, in fact, if it was really real,,, a person grew the corn, built the still,(however how illegal it is to do so) and ran it in their own cars. I think it was more of a subliminal message, but, if we all did that, and helped ourselves we all might be sitting in the same jail cell all together!!! And for who and for what? So we can plant our fields, drive our cars, and give it all away in the long run, and pay thru the nose to buy it back when needed. Its not big ethanol plants we need, its about a million little moonshiners with stills selling it at a mom and pops farm market for fuel only. It may not what the contry wants to hear, but people before us have done it for generations before us. Whiskey has been around before gasoline,, and who complains about how much Jack Daniels whiskey is made each year from the same corn?? I dont hear any complaints from that crowd do we? Just a thought,,, maybe Im watching too much Dukes Of Hazzard??? ChadS
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