Jet Fuel Powered 351W

[mindymogul]

Alright...here's a new one. A coworker of mine has a '72 Gran Torino that has a 315w that he dropped in it in the early 80s that his grandfather supposedly converted to run jet fuel and claims no modifications were made. So naturally I have a few questions.

A) How the **** would one go about doing that?
B) Why the **** would one want to go about doing that
C) WHY WOULD YOU PAY TO DO THAT?

 

[mckutzy]

.... I've heard a few tales from my grand pappy in my day too.

 

[mindymogul]

Weird part is he has a video of him ACTUALLY filling it with jet fuel and it runs. Actually drove it to work today.

 

[Poboy kartman]

He just got old and confused...it wasn't the car running on jet fuel, and it wasn't jet fuel....but somebody was burning up some alcohol!

---------- Post added at 09:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ----------

Seriously, though...."jet" fuel? Aviation fuel is used by many drag racers....and its basically just high octane gasoline....

And as far as jet fuel....you can run an internal combustion engine on anything flammable....how well is another matter....

 

[mindymogul]

"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang we love you!"

 

[itsid]

Jet fuel... WHAT jet?

airliner? (kerosene) BULLSHIRTS (not even orange ones) even less octane than your regular fuel
pulse jet (basically any flammable gas like propane) okay.. without mods impossible though
and even less so for custom taylored jet fuels providing their own oxygen source like Nitromethane and such (fighter jets run such expensive mixes at times)

So yeah... have it run on cow farts (methane.. that's actually possible )
and you'll win on the coolness factor (not on odor though )

'sid

 

[landuse]

Alright...here's a new one. A coworker of mine has a '72 Gran Torino that has a 315w that he dropped in it in the early 80s that his grandfather supposedly converted to run jet fuel and claims no modifications were made. So naturally I have a few questions.

A) How the **** would one go about doing that?
B) Why the **** would one want to go about doing that
C) WHY WOULD YOU PAY TO DO THAT?

Please! No swearing

 

[mindymogul]

Please! No swearing

It's not the FFFFFFF... word if that's what you're wondering.

 

[itsid]

No, it's the one we all run into (not heaven!)
am I right?

'sid

 

[landuse]

It is deemed a swear word when the software puts asterisks in there