[AT] Gasoline $..what's in the future?

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Wed Aug 10 18:01:16 PDT 2005


Hey if anyone but Gale Banks said it I would doubt it but he is the wizard. 
It won't be your typical diesel engine when he is finished with it.  If you 
have ever been to a big time tractor pull you have seen a diesel turn 6 
grand.  Of course some of them hand grenade.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:16 PM
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> 6000 grand from a diesel!!!!
> Yeah that ought to last about a year before it grenades. The real reason
> the older diesels were such long lasting engines is due to the heavy
> parts and the low RPMs, That is the reason why OTR trucks still go 500K
> without problems. It is also the reason why the newer diesels are NOT
> lasting that long.
>
> Steve W.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 5:36 PM
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>
>
>> I saw Gale Banks on a TV show the other day.  He is experimenting with
> the
>> Isusu diesel that is in the Chevy DuraMax trucks.  He thinks he can
> cut back
>> on compression a bit but turn it up to turn 6000 rpms red line, and
> make it
>> run very efficiently on soy bean oil.
>>
>> Let's hope he's right.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <HaliganBar at aol.com>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Gasoline $..what's in the future?
>>
>>
>> > Regular is $2.43 per gallon here in western Mass. as of this
> morning. All
>> > of
>> > the fuel pumps in the state have signs on them stating that the fuel
>> > contains
>> > 10% ethanol.
>> >
>> > I really like the idea of biodiesel and believe that the idea will
> become
>> > very popular as fuel prices increase. Hybrid vehicles are nice but I
> think
>> > small
>> > diesel technology has huge untapped potential. The VW TDI gets
> 40-50mpg
>> > with
>> > no need to ever change out a giant battery or control high voltages.
>> >
>> > This morning I was watching CNN and they were discussing the
> increase in
>> > fuel
>> > prices. Some of the statistics they quoted were Gas prices of $4/
> gallon
>> > by
>> > next summer and $5/gallon the summer after that. Right now the world
> uses
>> > 84
>> > million barrels of oil per day and the world production is only at
> 85
>> > million/day. In the US our refinerys are operating at 95% of
> capacity and
>> > it takes 10
>> > years to build a refinery(including all the paperwork/studies).
>> >
>> > What scares me is what will happen to the prices of EVERYTHING when
> fuel
>> > gets
>> > that expensive? You know the increased price of shipping will have
> to be
>> > passed to the consumer...in addition to the price increase for our
> own
>> > fuel. I
>> > know that there no chance that my salary will increase to keep up
> with
>> > that sort
>> > of inflation. I'm almost positive that I''l be looking for a second
>> > part-time
>> > job next year as well as a good used motorcycle.
>> >
>> > Thanks for letting me ramble.
>> > Karl
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