E85 H2 HHO Volvo 144

[flaviusicafsz]

please tell me why in my last video when i run a 2 stroke engine on E85 it gos faster than with gasoline (is a wood chain sow) thnx

[H2inICE]

It has to do with how fast your fuel burn, "burn ratio"

This is why you need to advance your timing AND add more fuel to the mix.

E85 gives you more power BUT you need to "pay" for it, 20% gain in power mean 17- 20% in consumption of fuel too, BUT this is a carbon neutral fuel, take your pick brother.....

[johnsenkenn]

@H2inICE

If you increased your compression instead of advancing your timing you should use about the same fuel ?

[citydriver]

so you ADD e85 to the normal 95 octane gasoline? does it work/help?

[H2inICE]

@citydriver

You can do that to but I ran the car with only E85 after this. You need about 15% more fuel when runing E85 but you also gain the same 15 - 20% in power. This was only to show that any gasoline car can run E85.

[BayAreaLen]

Fascinating!

[H2inICE]

well nothing have been falling apart the last 30 days and it's a 99.9 % chance it's going to stay the same the next month too, as for your plastic container I have no idea since my 20L can of E85 still have the same amount in it

I think common scene when it comes to materials should get you where you need to be

[pld06]

i have a flex-fuel vehicle and have experienced the corrosiveness myself when i had a small amount in a thin plastic container let it roll around in the back of my truck for a few days... the thing fell apart into dust.

the only difference between normal cars and flex-fuel cars is the flex-fuel cars have a fuel composition sensor that changes the timing and fuel pumps and lines that cannot be eaten away by the E85.

i do give props to discovering the timing change. smarter than most people!

[pld06]

E85 ethanol is an extremely corrosive liquid and will eventually destroy your fuel pump, lines, injectors, etc... pretty much anything that is plastic or rubber in your fuel system. id imagine you have changed these things before doing this but if not, here is some info before you destroy your car. also, E85 adds horsepower! =D

[H2inICE]

Actually you are wrong on the corrosive part, yes it desolves old oil that is filling cracks in your poor fuel lines and some of the real poor fuel pumps can't take it

So I'm sorry to break another myth for you m8

E85 give you a 20% gain in HP yes

I think the car is just fine ;)

When I have more time on my hands I'll show you more

don't believe all that you hear, try it out for your self and THEN make the conclusion

[wonderwayner]

Yes ethanol is corrosive, but not much. Gasoline is corrosive too. Ethanol is biodegradable in water. So it has a tendency to contain and attract water. It is not the corrosive properties of ethanol that can cause damage to your vehicle; it is the water which can rust a vehicles fuel system from the inside out.

[wonderwayner]

Hey, check this video out and you can see for yourself "E85 Ethanol Does not harm Non-FlexFueled Engines"

[Jarvis1]

I wonder if you could use petroleum jelly as a fuel additive every so often?

[H2inICE]

There is so many fuels that can be used, H2, SynGas, Butane, Propane.... take your pick

My main idea is to make it as clean and efficient as I can, something the car industry could have been doing for years now

[hhopower]

Sorry to come in so late but a couple of questions. Are you running hho because I didn't see your setup? Next question, what was the liquid in the glass?

Thanks! Love the 74 btw

[H2inICE]

This video was just with E85 showing the first steps, hopefully this weekend il upload the next video

Next video is with pure H2 and HHO

[H2inICE]

I do not worry too much about lubrication since the engine temperatures is going down compared to regular gas, they drop eaven more with HHO and H2

It is going to be realy interesting to see how much I can lean out the E85 with HHO

Stay tuned ;)

[h2opower]

The timing changes are only due too the burn rate of the fuel being used. E85 burns faster than gasoline, and that is why hho guys have to put the timing at about 1-2 degree TDC. But water mist will slow the burn rate of hydrogen and cool it down some for use with our everyday engines.

[CaptainAwesomeHHO]

Sweet, but don't forget about lubrication :) Normally the gasoline helps lubricating some of the moving parts in the engine. I guess that's part of why E85 is still 15% gasoline and not just E100, right?

[Woodler61]

Actually the lubrication is a misnomer. The pistons and cylinder walls are lubricated by the oil coming out the wrist pins and the crankshaft and the valves get their lubrication from oil pressure to the guides. The E85 has gas in is so people don't buy it and drink it (since it is pure alcohol). Been running my little truck on E85 and HHO for a while now. Works great!

[H2inICE]

Forgot to tell you it is a 1974 as you said, it is the last year before the 200 series

[Alcyone53]

Now let's add HHO to ethanol & we can be free of big oil!

[H2inICE]

I know m8

The thing I like about these car's and engines is that they are so easy to explain to most ppl

More on this and the H2 HHO later

[Adamv45]

Is that a 1974 Volvo? It has been quite a while since I have seen one of those in running condition at all. They used to be everywhere here in Los Angeles, had a 75 245 DL myself, but you never see those anymore around L.A. anymore, sad