Jun 16 2010
Posted by admin as Biodiesel Vehicles

A video from late 2002 about hybrids, biodiesel, and straight vegetable oil, featuring members of biodieselnow.com
This car runs on a B100 Canola Bio-Diesel. It runs 6.4s at 250mph in the quarter mile. The fuel is produced by Saskatchewan, Canada based Milligan Bio-Tech, www.milliganbiotech.com. The car is owned by Prairieland Motorsports, www.prairielandmotorsports.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
47 Responses
urbex2007
June 16th, 2010 at 10:30 am
150mpg from a hybrid is rubbish – i get 50+mpg from a turbo diesel car in the town and 72mpg on the motorway at 70mph. Biodiesel will eat through rubber seals and not provide enough lubrication to the pumps and injectors. Never use vege oil unless filtered and the acidity is adjusted, it kills your car!
mnstrbassist
June 16th, 2010 at 11:00 am
2Biodiesel can be made from used vegetable oil so they come from the same place really. You just need to make some conversions to the vegetable oil before running it in a diesel car.
reno93535
June 16th, 2010 at 11:40 am
3Exactly. Friend of mine makes his rounds to the local restauranrs for his free fuel. Takes it home, does a little filtering and he’s ready to go.
Gozzmaster
June 16th, 2010 at 11:40 am
4Used vegetable oil is better than biodiesel because biodiesel needs to be grown as a crop which uses up valuable agricultural land and costs more to produce. Used vegetable oil is a waste product that would otherwise be thrown away.
memyself2k
June 16th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
5Bring that vehicle to New York City!
thesmileyone555
June 16th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
6actually the new vw bug with the deisel engine gets 54 mpg at least thats what everyone i have talked to that owns one. in fact theres aclub for bug owners that has contests to see who can get the best milage from a gallen of deisel.the record is get this 186 mpg would love to see that in a hybred .
memyself2k
June 16th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
7Informative.
technorganic
June 16th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
8I will never give up the fight to legalize hemp. There would be no real America with out hemp. In fact, only the native American Indians would be here with out hemp. In fact, there would be no recorded history with out hemp. Hemp is no Marijuana, this fact which is not well known by most people, is the problem. People are ignorant in America, I don’t think you should wave an American Flag unless you know this nations history, the true history, of which HEMP not cannabis, was an integral part.
thesmileyone555
June 16th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
9if its legalized in us but rumer is that pot is mexico cash crop. wich explains why us dont legalize and tax like cigaretts which kills more people than all illicet drugs plus prescription drugs car wrecks all wars and alcohol and suicides put together. so forget about legl hemp even though it was grown by farmers for hemp rope used to more ships till nylon rope was invented now sailers get cut in half when a nylon rope breaks from the salt water causes it to rot inside out hemp dont rot.
thesmileyone555
June 16th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
10true it does freeze thats why the old international harester had a piggy back motor to pre heat every thig befor switching to bio.also a freind mixes bio with reguler deisel
SirTragain
June 16th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
11NOTE: Spilled Biodiesel is NOT Vegetable Oil…
memyself2k
June 16th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
12Thanks for the info.
SirTragain
June 16th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
13The Methanol in the Biodiesel is airplane/race car fuel and also found in a bottle of HEAT Dry gas so no; it will not gel
SirTragain
June 16th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
14Biodiesel is not straight vegetable oil; it is a mixture of vegetable oil and methanol.
If you listen at 2:35 you will hear that the Biodiesel pump is B20 meaning only 20% of the fuel is Biodiesel and the other 80% is regular diesel fuel.
With an extra fuel tank and conversion you can switch between diesel and vegetable oil once the oil is up to temperature.
chubbybrown4real
June 16th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
15So all PD engines are ok,I got a 1.4??
technorganic
June 16th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
16When people wake up, they will recognize the original bio diesel fuel= HEMP!
gunungoilmill
June 16th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
17i will like to have specific modelled engines for biodiesel cars for my area.
DjTusha
June 16th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
18someone’s trash is ones’s treasure.
memyself2k
June 16th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
19My other concern would be whether or not a biodiesel car can run in cold weather since vegetable oil freezes like jelly. I wonder if antifreeze could be added to avoid that problem?
jemhadar3rd
June 16th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
20easy to convert I have been running cars for years here in the uk with waste veg oil .Just make sure the car has a BOSCH injector pump NOt a LUCAS/CAV
memyself2k
June 16th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
21I would like to buy a car that runs on biodiesel fuel. 50 miles per gallon? You can’t go wrong-and especially with the gas prices here in New York.
turbotdi2002
June 16th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
22biodiesel baby
britishbomber
June 16th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
23hmm buy an imported hybrid to decrease dependence on foreign oil this make no sense at all
bn1134
June 16th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
24Americans, such a wast my car will easy do 54MPG combined, on petrol and 60MPG+ on autogas
lilhourigan
June 16th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
25its such an ass pain when you see people write bullshit on grease cars just to keep people dependent on government for transportation and their societal slavery inducing price hyper-inflation. Getting rid of all politcians all togurther would abolish wallstreet and the monetary slave circus as a hole.
hohofong
June 17th, 2010 at 12:12 am
26boom lol
easternhero255
June 17th, 2010 at 12:58 am
27That doesnt mean you cant imagine trying it.
RockBanddrummer2009
June 17th, 2010 at 1:14 am
28how could you when there is no power to any of the wheels? that car is pushed purely by thrust from the jet engine.
cocamustang
June 17th, 2010 at 1:43 am
29These cars absolutly rock!
JoeyJaeb
June 17th, 2010 at 2:32 am
30he basically sits ON the engine… lol
easternhero255
June 17th, 2010 at 3:10 am
31Imagin trying to drift in that thing. lol
123bRaNDONCRUISE
June 17th, 2010 at 3:34 am
32DO A BURNOUT!!!
sixyears
June 17th, 2010 at 4:11 am
33that was a jet powered by bio diesel?? that was awesome.
AhorseFoal1
June 17th, 2010 at 4:12 am
34lol i got to sit in his car at SIR (saskatchewan international raceway) it was sweet!!!
kletkerobert
June 17th, 2010 at 4:44 am
35i remeber being there it smelt like french fries
losidan
June 17th, 2010 at 5:20 am
36sitting in a nitro funny car takes guts but sitting on a jet engine takes serious balls…absolutely mega
nashvilleraidersfan
June 17th, 2010 at 5:36 am
37Killer Footage of Kevin’s car! I have one clip of him in my profile, too!
13benner13
June 17th, 2010 at 6:31 am
38i saw it right up close in humboldt. its a c5 vette. the guy sits half foot from engine!
pclarky
June 17th, 2010 at 6:59 am
39that is amazing. I was a bit sceptical at first but it’s genuine. top work
Slmjm884
June 17th, 2010 at 7:00 am
40SHUT UP YOU HIPPIE!!
And yes, this was a great clip.
SSJDrakenZ
June 17th, 2010 at 7:19 am
41if you dont understand what’s amazing about a jet car running on canola oil, you’re a moron
yazoodle77
June 17th, 2010 at 7:32 am
42This is the car’s first season. 250mph That’s serious speed. There’s so much more to come. Watch for it. prairielandmotorsports dot com
elziffo
June 17th, 2010 at 8:17 am
43very very cool! Ignore the haters…jealousy is a terrible thing.
brycewrk
June 17th, 2010 at 9:02 am
44how hard is it to get a jet turbine like that?
LeanneMyra
June 17th, 2010 at 9:05 am
45This totally rocks.
slpawlick
June 17th, 2010 at 9:56 am
46Anyone who has anything negative to say has no idea what goes into getting a project like this off and running. How fast have you gone?
iamunforgivable
June 17th, 2010 at 10:36 am
47That was outrageous. All of that wait FOR WHAT?!?!?! I mean c’mon. That was very anti-climactic.
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