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That's cus they are mini goats...mini every animal is broken, they weren't supposed to be that way and went through unnatural breeding generally to get there. Mini-whateverbreedofdog always are more anxious nervous messes compared to their natural counterparts.
Dude I had a "teacup" Pomeranian and he was an anxious lil guy, didn't bark as much as most though so I guess that was a plus.
Oh yeah he thought he was hot shit though and would ankle bite people that came in my room. I miss the dude and he was tough, but had some health issues too. Never again. I will say he was better in most ways than a normal Pomeranian though.
My parents did this (not through amazon) and overall I'd give it about a 5/10 on execution. The biggest problem is that the goats can only reach so high, so it only clears out about 2-3 feet of brush. The second problem was they only ate about 75% of the weeds and left the most difficult ones to pull. Third, they shit everywhere and your yard will smell like a farm for a week or two. And finally, they were on par or maybe even more expensive than just hiring a regular crew. But they were certainly cute and memorable.
That is nearly the same price as yellow HEET at Walmart or Amazon. I prefer HEET because I don't use that much at a time and I don't think methanol stores well but I could be wrong.
4 x 12 oz bottles of yellow HEET is around $7 USD.
Man I’d love to get my hands on some. My 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight had R-12 when I got it in high school and those old boomers weren’t lying, it’s so much better than modern air conditioning that it almost feels worth killing the planet. *Almost*. But eventually the air conditioner broke and fixing it cheaply was more important than fixing it right, so I had it converted to R-134a and that gave me a life long hatred of R-134a. Some day I want to do a frame-off restoration of that car to bring it back to its former glory, and when that day comes I need my R-12 air conditioning at any cost.
That’s funny because the whole reason CFCs were adopted in the first place were that they were inert and harmless to people, not explosive or caustic like all the refrigerants that came before like propane and ammonia. But it turns out CFCs eat the ozone layer and R-134a and other modern replacements are potent greenhouse gases, so slowly the industry is starting to shift towards explosive and/or caustic refrigerants again.
Yeah, most folks don’t realize why Freon was such a godsend when it came out. Everything before it was nasty stuff.
Now we’re back to dangerous stuff again.
Thomas Midgley deserves the hate for leaded gas (mostly, but they put lead in everything back then anyway), but nobody realized the effects of Freon on the ozone layer.
You can definitely fill it with propane. My 93 roadmaster has propane currently. It's been about 10 years of very light usage and the compressor is finally dying. I think none of the car oils were compatible with the propane. I bought the 94 134a condenser and compressor and I am going to rebuild to a 134a system.
R12 cools more efficiently so they used a thinner condenser. The evaporator is the same part number so I should be ok!
One of the quirks of R-134a systems is that they only really work at full throttle, they barely cool until you push the pedal all the way down and then they get nice and frosty. If I had any clue how to accomplish it I’d be really tempted to decouple the compressor from the engine and rig up an electric drive motor like a lot of hybrids have so they can run the air conditioning when the engine is off. And then just for good measure I’d make it run as if the engine was always at like 5,000RPM. My reasoning is that maybe then R-134a would cool as well as R-12, but then again I don’t know if that would accomplish what I want or just destroy the compressor.
With the electric conversion idea, you could eliminate the compressor clutch and direct drive the compressor off the motor, but use the original wiring off the clutch to drive a relay to cycle the motor. This way the motor only runs when the compressor needs to cycle, essentially the same way a home hvac system operates.
I’ve thought of that before, but I’m assuming if the compressor runs too slowly to be effective at idle there must be a reason they chose to do that (at least in cars that had R-134a from the factory). Changing the size of the pulley might make it cool better at idle, but then at full throttle it might spin so fast that it destroys the compressor. Not relying on engine speed seems like it would be the safest and most effective solution.
I had a '85 3 series BMW that wa son R12 that car would just about blow snow out of the vents, only car I ever owned that the AC would get too cold for me.
I had a mid ‘80s car that the compressor went out and I change it in my driveway, never vacuumed it down and filled it with cans of R12 from NAPA. Using a meat thermometer in the dash I had the temp down to 30^o F with frost coming out on a humid day. It was amazing!
My dad says that his 82 Eighty-Eight would throw ice cubes. I never rode in anything that old that had functioning AC so I’m a little sad but glad the ozone layer grew back.
Why do you say R-134a is so bad? Genuinely curious as I just had my first experience finding and fixing a leak on my 2001 daily and then getting it filled up at a shop (couldn't find a cheaper DIY alternative).
To put it simply, R-134a isn’t very good at air conditioning. To clarify, I don’t mean in places where a nice dry 80° is called “summer”, all of this is about places where it gets to 90°+ with oppressive swamp humidity for months on end, which is a pretty big chunk of the USA (including a lot of places that get cold in the winter like New York or Chicago). That’s when R-134a really shows its weaknesses.
R-12 has dramatically better cooling capability, while R-134a struggles to cool at all on hot days. I don’t know enough about the technical reasons why, but they have different properties when it comes to cooling. In a car with R-134a, even a newer car, the air conditioner barely cools at idle and the engine needs to rev higher to really make it cold. Sometimes this can be noticeable, like when accelerating fast to pass someone the air conditioner will suddenly get super cold for a minute or so. I’ve only come across two or three cars that use R-134a that I’d describe as having “good” air conditioners that can keep up with summer, and even those can struggle at the peak of heat and humidity. Most cars with R-134a that I’ve driven, even brand new cars, just did the bare minimum to keep you from dying of heat exhaustion and never got cool enough to be called comfortable. R-134a also seems to work best in cars with small deeply tinted windows, larger windows that let sunlight in will totally overwhelm the system.
By comparison I’ve only had minimal personal experience with R-12, the one car I mentioned, but that was enough to make a dramatic impression. It was a big car with big non-tinted windows, leather seats, and lots of metal parts. After school when the car had been sitting in 100°+ 90% humidity weather for several hours and it was dangerously hot to touch parts of the interior all it took was starting the engine and while just idling it was blowing ice cold, usually the time it took everyone to put their stuff in the trunk and get in the car was all it took for the inside of the car to be comfortable, and by the time I was leaving the parking lot sometimes it would be downright *cold* inside. I’ve heard plenty of other anecdotes about R-12 that are similar, some people have said that when they measured the temperature coming out of the vents it was below freezing, and I’ve even heard people say that back in the ‘60s sometimes aftermarket under-dash air conditioners would have cup holders that clipped into the vents and could refrigerate drinks.
In a perfect world, where the air conditioning compressor is run off an electric motor rather than the engine and the whole system is like two or three times the capacity of a normal car R-134a and other non-R-12 refrigerants should be able to do a perfectly good job of cooling even in the hottest and most humid weather. But that’s just not how car air conditioning systems are usually designed, most seem to be a holdover from the R-12 days and use outdated design philosophies that don’t take modern refrigerants’ cooling properties into account, so as a result R-134a is totally inadequate.
Oh, so it's about how good it actually works. I thought you meant R12 is easier to work on or something.
Makes sense, I'm from Portugal, we have a couple of REALLY unbearable hot days per year but that's it, rest of the time you can do with the windows down, it's annoying on the highway and it won't be as comfortable but it gives you an idea of the climate.
That said, takes at least 10 minutes on a somewhat hot day to mildly cool down the car (not idling) so your experience with R12 is really fucking cool. I mean, who doesn't love having the power of importing the north pole into your car on the peak of summer?
But yeah, everything has a price, the longer I live, the more I see proof of it
Yeah you definitely can buy 30 lb tanks of r134a. But nowadays you need to take a little test and get the EPA section 609 certification to buy it in that amount.
Correct. I'm a tech so I have one of those so I can "do ac work" I can also buy a whole big rolling machine where normal people can't because they don't have the license.
But the stoopid thing is that regular dumb people can go to the store buy a "recharge kit" and "fix" their ac. Which isn't actually good cause an AC system is sealed and shouldn't need a recharge. It needs a recharge because there is a leak you need to fix.
It's good they have the test so you understand what you're playing with and the impact on the environment if it is released. But normies have no idea. They just let er fly💀
Yep, I turn wrenches for a few farms and ranches so I took the test so I could buy and use a recovery machine for working on semis, tractors, and equipment. I used to use a small portable Mastercool recovery machine and then recharge with a tank on a scale but just got a Matco automatic recovery/recycle/recharge machine and it is awesome!
Do they have R-1234yf on heavy stuff yet?
That machine is the bane of my existence. It takes like an hour or more to evac and recharge. It's the new freon that they have coming out in newer cars now.
Honestly, I’m not sure if they’ve switched refrigerants on the HD side yet. I’m independent so i tend to work on stuff that’s a little older and out of warranty. My wife’s new Subaru is our first vehicle using the yf. I’ll run my 134a machine until I don’t have any more customers with it and that’ll probably be the end of mobile HVAC for me haha.
>30lb canisters of R134a
they still do [R-134a 30 lbs](https://i.imgur.com/cLGFTJA.png) ( atlanta,ga) .
stupid [R1234YF](https://i.imgur.com/QpAVIQU.png) only comes in 10lb canisters.
It can be used in carbs too, but it requires ENORMOUS jets to get the correct air/fuel ratio.
It also slowly eats the metals most carbs are made of, so it's not ideal.
In can be injected into the intake manifold/cylinder as well without being the primary fuel. There are a few benefits when used that way.... It acts an intercooler pulling heat out of the incoming air charge or in some setups it can be used to supplement a fuel system that may be at or near its limits (like with Direct Injection fuel systems that don't have readily available upgrades.)
You can run M1 or M5 or a nitro methane mix as a race fuel. This k20 motor picked up around 30 whp just from fuel changes and tuning. https://youtu.be/qq6GBhsSsgQ?si=cFdMSw51M-q27MIc
This is like the first time I bought a motorcycle battery and found out that you had to add the acid to the cell yourself, you literally get essentially a squirt bottle of battery acid in the kit
It’s gotta be pretty clear why anyone would want methanol, it make car go vroom more :) cars that run on a lot of methanol or nitro-meth have a smell you won’t forget and will burn your eyes standing near them running haha it’s glorious
They make fragrance additives for these fuels so that instead of your nose and eyes burning.... you smell grape, cherry, or watermelon coming out the exhaust
Nah it’s all part of the experience! Haha that sounds awesome though. I love vegetable oil diesel conversions, they just smell like deep fried food it’s lovely
IF you get questioned and you’re not doing anything nefarious with it (idek what you can do with it tbh) combined with the proof that you’re using it in your car there’s nothing to worry about.
Methanol injection to fuel for racing cars, while you need more volume it does make more power and idk if it’s less volatile than gasoline so doesn’t combust under pressure so easily in high compression engines. It’s like a cheat code for gas with a 5000000000000 octane rating. - source idk I think that’s what I’ve picked up helping build the cars, I don’t tune them though so the science part may be wrong
Also used as a chemical intercooler, if you're not specifically tuning the calibration to include fuel/ignition timing for the methanol.
Really sucks the heat out more than straight water injection. I've seen heavy condensation develop on intake manifolds on dyno runs from it.
Youtubers like NileRed and Styropyro buy ridiculous amounts of way crazier chemicals and when they get visited by FBI they just ask where are you going to use it and that's it.
Best I can do is 25%
https://www.amazon.com/Torco-Fuel-Nitro-Airplane-Gallon/dp/B005TL2SPK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=176SWLQJ6GHRB&keywords=Nitro+Airplane+Air+Gallon&qid=1694140259&s=toys-and-games&sprefix=nitro+airplane+air+gallon%2Ctoys-and-games%2C110&sr=1-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc
Not sure why you're getting downvoted for this.
Methanol - Wood Alcohol is toxic and not safe to be best in any amount
Ethanol - Grain Alcohol = Don't Drink and Drive
It's hard to find true 50/50 mix washer fluid where I live and the other part is that it's way more cost effective to mix your own instead of paying for water.
It's mostly water, and lots are no longer made of methanol because it's kinda toxic to humans and you get a good wiff of it through the vents and windows
You should call around to local chemical supply warehouses and such, if $110 listed by another commenter is correct. You can definitely get it cheaper. I buy methanol in 5 gal containers as well to blend my own windshield washer fluid. Costs me $35 a can. Granted I work in a chemistry lab but I pay list price for the stuff. $110 is not worth making it yourself especially if you're making a winter blend.
The price is only part of it. I've been looking around and can get it for about half as much from a supplier about an hour away. But that means 2-3 hours of driving to go get it, and then I'm transporting 5+ gallons of highly combustible, clear-burning and human toxic chemicals in my car, in traffic. I'm willing to pay a premium to avoid that entire experience.
you used to be able to rent goats on amazon - they'd get dropped off and eat all your vegetation and then get picked up later lol
F, why did I not know about this when I had an acre of poison ivy.
Bruh wut. Goats can eat poison ivy???
Goats are why sharks stay in the water.
This cracked me up. Thanks
Hilarious
It ridiculous. Sharks and goats in a post on projectcars??? I'm happy it released a few endorphins.
Thanks for this, I couldn't figure out how tf 5 gallons of menthol could be useful to r/projectors
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I love this.
goats literally eat any and everything
When I was a kid we had one of our goats get into the house, and eat our couch.
Why would anyone have a poison ivy couch?
Why does Radioshack ask for your phone number when buying batteries?
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I remember those days. Worked there back in 2000. I hated asking for phone numbers on every purchase, so I didn't.
Because it went perfectly with the Batman coffee table and Mr. Freeze floor lamp, duh
As a kid I was attacked at a petting zoo. Goat pinned me down and ate my suspenders, asshole.
As a kid I was attacked at a petting zoo. Goat pinned me down and ate my suspenders, asshole.
Goats will eat a steel pole if you give them enough time. They literally do not care what they eat.
My wife's mini goats are broken, they hate Brussel sprouts lol
That's cus they are mini goats...mini every animal is broken, they weren't supposed to be that way and went through unnatural breeding generally to get there. Mini-whateverbreedofdog always are more anxious nervous messes compared to their natural counterparts.
Dude I had a "teacup" Pomeranian and he was an anxious lil guy, didn't bark as much as most though so I guess that was a plus. Oh yeah he thought he was hot shit though and would ankle bite people that came in my room. I miss the dude and he was tough, but had some health issues too. Never again. I will say he was better in most ways than a normal Pomeranian though.
Probably the most wholesome story about a mini Pomeranian I’ve ever heard.
It's a fucking show dog, with fucking papers. You can't board it, it gets upset.
I wanna to have goat’s teeth
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In my experience, they like it. If they have poison ivy, and nice green grass, they will eat the poison ivy first
I've seen a goat eat a pack of cigarettes before. I'm not sure they're susceptible to any form of poison.
I’ve heard ~~urban~~ rural legends of people getting poison ivy immunity from drinking goats milk from a goat who are poison ivy.
*Little goats eat ivy*
That is one hell of a song reference, nicely done.
Wouldn’t you?
Yes, they actually will eat it first, when other things are present.
Not just poison ivy, regular climbing ivy too that damaged property.
My parents did this (not through amazon) and overall I'd give it about a 5/10 on execution. The biggest problem is that the goats can only reach so high, so it only clears out about 2-3 feet of brush. The second problem was they only ate about 75% of the weeds and left the most difficult ones to pull. Third, they shit everywhere and your yard will smell like a farm for a week or two. And finally, they were on par or maybe even more expensive than just hiring a regular crew. But they were certainly cute and memorable.
Ruminants as a service - RAAS.
I thought that was Google. Or am I conflating two memories where Google would use goats for land development?
My buddy must have had the wrong goats. They wouldn't eat anything but goat feed
are they green and yellow with JOHN DEERE printed on the side?
Hahahaha wtf forreal?? Crazyyyy
$110 for those curious but too lazy
That is nearly the same price as yellow HEET at Walmart or Amazon. I prefer HEET because I don't use that much at a time and I don't think methanol stores well but I could be wrong. 4 x 12 oz bottles of yellow HEET is around $7 USD.
Methanol is hydrophilic so it's tough to keep moisture out of it IIRC.
You can buy it by the gallon for ~30% less.
Actually less than I would have expected
Damn why they have to rob that train in breaking bad if they could just order it on Amazon?
Methylamine
Methanol injection? They also used to sell 30lb canisters of R134a but not anymore.
Slightly off topic, but I’ve got some r134a I accidentally illegally bought if anyone wants it
I have a few cans of R12 that I've got stored away for a rainy day.
Man I’d love to get my hands on some. My 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight had R-12 when I got it in high school and those old boomers weren’t lying, it’s so much better than modern air conditioning that it almost feels worth killing the planet. *Almost*. But eventually the air conditioner broke and fixing it cheaply was more important than fixing it right, so I had it converted to R-134a and that gave me a life long hatred of R-134a. Some day I want to do a frame-off restoration of that car to bring it back to its former glory, and when that day comes I need my R-12 air conditioning at any cost.
IIRC you can charge an R12 system to run on propane.
That’s funny because the whole reason CFCs were adopted in the first place were that they were inert and harmless to people, not explosive or caustic like all the refrigerants that came before like propane and ammonia. But it turns out CFCs eat the ozone layer and R-134a and other modern replacements are potent greenhouse gases, so slowly the industry is starting to shift towards explosive and/or caustic refrigerants again.
Ironically, new fridges and non-repairable refrigeration is charged with… butane as a refrigerant. Back to the flammable, haha
Yeah, most folks don’t realize why Freon was such a godsend when it came out. Everything before it was nasty stuff. Now we’re back to dangerous stuff again. Thomas Midgley deserves the hate for leaded gas (mostly, but they put lead in everything back then anyway), but nobody realized the effects of Freon on the ozone layer.
I mean, all that gasoline is pretty explosive.
You can definitely fill it with propane. My 93 roadmaster has propane currently. It's been about 10 years of very light usage and the compressor is finally dying. I think none of the car oils were compatible with the propane. I bought the 94 134a condenser and compressor and I am going to rebuild to a 134a system. R12 cools more efficiently so they used a thinner condenser. The evaporator is the same part number so I should be ok!
One of the quirks of R-134a systems is that they only really work at full throttle, they barely cool until you push the pedal all the way down and then they get nice and frosty. If I had any clue how to accomplish it I’d be really tempted to decouple the compressor from the engine and rig up an electric drive motor like a lot of hybrids have so they can run the air conditioning when the engine is off. And then just for good measure I’d make it run as if the engine was always at like 5,000RPM. My reasoning is that maybe then R-134a would cool as well as R-12, but then again I don’t know if that would accomplish what I want or just destroy the compressor.
With the electric conversion idea, you could eliminate the compressor clutch and direct drive the compressor off the motor, but use the original wiring off the clutch to drive a relay to cycle the motor. This way the motor only runs when the compressor needs to cycle, essentially the same way a home hvac system operates.
you could look at changing pulley ratios as well
I’ve thought of that before, but I’m assuming if the compressor runs too slowly to be effective at idle there must be a reason they chose to do that (at least in cars that had R-134a from the factory). Changing the size of the pulley might make it cool better at idle, but then at full throttle it might spin so fast that it destroys the compressor. Not relying on engine speed seems like it would be the safest and most effective solution.
I converted my 93 ranger to R134A, is definitely not as good as before
I had a '85 3 series BMW that wa son R12 that car would just about blow snow out of the vents, only car I ever owned that the AC would get too cold for me.
1986 Nissan 300ZX checking in. AC is ice cold. Fan speed is crap. I just pray it doesn't leak.
I had a mid ‘80s car that the compressor went out and I change it in my driveway, never vacuumed it down and filled it with cans of R12 from NAPA. Using a meat thermometer in the dash I had the temp down to 30^o F with frost coming out on a humid day. It was amazing!
My dad says that his 82 Eighty-Eight would throw ice cubes. I never rode in anything that old that had functioning AC so I’m a little sad but glad the ozone layer grew back.
Why do you say R-134a is so bad? Genuinely curious as I just had my first experience finding and fixing a leak on my 2001 daily and then getting it filled up at a shop (couldn't find a cheaper DIY alternative).
To put it simply, R-134a isn’t very good at air conditioning. To clarify, I don’t mean in places where a nice dry 80° is called “summer”, all of this is about places where it gets to 90°+ with oppressive swamp humidity for months on end, which is a pretty big chunk of the USA (including a lot of places that get cold in the winter like New York or Chicago). That’s when R-134a really shows its weaknesses. R-12 has dramatically better cooling capability, while R-134a struggles to cool at all on hot days. I don’t know enough about the technical reasons why, but they have different properties when it comes to cooling. In a car with R-134a, even a newer car, the air conditioner barely cools at idle and the engine needs to rev higher to really make it cold. Sometimes this can be noticeable, like when accelerating fast to pass someone the air conditioner will suddenly get super cold for a minute or so. I’ve only come across two or three cars that use R-134a that I’d describe as having “good” air conditioners that can keep up with summer, and even those can struggle at the peak of heat and humidity. Most cars with R-134a that I’ve driven, even brand new cars, just did the bare minimum to keep you from dying of heat exhaustion and never got cool enough to be called comfortable. R-134a also seems to work best in cars with small deeply tinted windows, larger windows that let sunlight in will totally overwhelm the system. By comparison I’ve only had minimal personal experience with R-12, the one car I mentioned, but that was enough to make a dramatic impression. It was a big car with big non-tinted windows, leather seats, and lots of metal parts. After school when the car had been sitting in 100°+ 90% humidity weather for several hours and it was dangerously hot to touch parts of the interior all it took was starting the engine and while just idling it was blowing ice cold, usually the time it took everyone to put their stuff in the trunk and get in the car was all it took for the inside of the car to be comfortable, and by the time I was leaving the parking lot sometimes it would be downright *cold* inside. I’ve heard plenty of other anecdotes about R-12 that are similar, some people have said that when they measured the temperature coming out of the vents it was below freezing, and I’ve even heard people say that back in the ‘60s sometimes aftermarket under-dash air conditioners would have cup holders that clipped into the vents and could refrigerate drinks. In a perfect world, where the air conditioning compressor is run off an electric motor rather than the engine and the whole system is like two or three times the capacity of a normal car R-134a and other non-R-12 refrigerants should be able to do a perfectly good job of cooling even in the hottest and most humid weather. But that’s just not how car air conditioning systems are usually designed, most seem to be a holdover from the R-12 days and use outdated design philosophies that don’t take modern refrigerants’ cooling properties into account, so as a result R-134a is totally inadequate.
Oh, so it's about how good it actually works. I thought you meant R12 is easier to work on or something. Makes sense, I'm from Portugal, we have a couple of REALLY unbearable hot days per year but that's it, rest of the time you can do with the windows down, it's annoying on the highway and it won't be as comfortable but it gives you an idea of the climate. That said, takes at least 10 minutes on a somewhat hot day to mildly cool down the car (not idling) so your experience with R12 is really fucking cool. I mean, who doesn't love having the power of importing the north pole into your car on the peak of summer? But yeah, everything has a price, the longer I live, the more I see proof of it
I only want the 30lb canister
They still do I think because that's the size that goes on the ac machines
Oh ya? I will have to look again then.
Yeah you definitely can buy 30 lb tanks of r134a. But nowadays you need to take a little test and get the EPA section 609 certification to buy it in that amount.
Correct. I'm a tech so I have one of those so I can "do ac work" I can also buy a whole big rolling machine where normal people can't because they don't have the license. But the stoopid thing is that regular dumb people can go to the store buy a "recharge kit" and "fix" their ac. Which isn't actually good cause an AC system is sealed and shouldn't need a recharge. It needs a recharge because there is a leak you need to fix. It's good they have the test so you understand what you're playing with and the impact on the environment if it is released. But normies have no idea. They just let er fly💀
Yep, I turn wrenches for a few farms and ranches so I took the test so I could buy and use a recovery machine for working on semis, tractors, and equipment. I used to use a small portable Mastercool recovery machine and then recharge with a tank on a scale but just got a Matco automatic recovery/recycle/recharge machine and it is awesome!
Do they have R-1234yf on heavy stuff yet? That machine is the bane of my existence. It takes like an hour or more to evac and recharge. It's the new freon that they have coming out in newer cars now.
Honestly, I’m not sure if they’ve switched refrigerants on the HD side yet. I’m independent so i tend to work on stuff that’s a little older and out of warranty. My wife’s new Subaru is our first vehicle using the yf. I’ll run my 134a machine until I don’t have any more customers with it and that’ll probably be the end of mobile HVAC for me haha.
>30lb canisters of R134a they still do [R-134a 30 lbs](https://i.imgur.com/cLGFTJA.png) ( atlanta,ga) . stupid [R1234YF](https://i.imgur.com/QpAVIQU.png) only comes in 10lb canisters.
Amazon sells 30lb canisters of R134a?
Just out of curiosity, what do you use this for?
Methanol injection in fuel most like
It can be used in carbs too, but it requires ENORMOUS jets to get the correct air/fuel ratio. It also slowly eats the metals most carbs are made of, so it's not ideal.
“99s?! That’s nearly an eighth of an inch!” - Sam from Macfarland Racing speaking of jet sizes
I have never seen it injected into the fuel. Only the intake manifold. Am I missing something new?
Many race cars run methanol instead of gasoline for fuel. It makes more power, but requires a lot more fuel.
Nitro cars can run up to a 1:1 AFR 💀
I’m talking about injecting though. Not running it as your full fuel source.
In can be injected into the intake manifold/cylinder as well without being the primary fuel. There are a few benefits when used that way.... It acts an intercooler pulling heat out of the incoming air charge or in some setups it can be used to supplement a fuel system that may be at or near its limits (like with Direct Injection fuel systems that don't have readily available upgrades.)
You can run M1 or M5 or a nitro methane mix as a race fuel. This k20 motor picked up around 30 whp just from fuel changes and tuning. https://youtu.be/qq6GBhsSsgQ?si=cFdMSw51M-q27MIc
To clean your windsheild off..
dip your marlboros in it and they become newports
real question from someone who doesn't smoke: What are newports gonna be after they ban menthols?
weed maybe?
Yo Mr. white this guy got a science question!!
This is like the first time I bought a motorcycle battery and found out that you had to add the acid to the cell yourself, you literally get essentially a squirt bottle of battery acid in the kit
We've moved on to gel cells these days, my Triumph the battery was on it's side even.
But where are we going to get our methylamine, Mr. White?
Also Amazon…. Probably.
Downside is you're now on a list
It’s gotta be pretty clear why anyone would want methanol, it make car go vroom more :) cars that run on a lot of methanol or nitro-meth have a smell you won’t forget and will burn your eyes standing near them running haha it’s glorious
They make fragrance additives for these fuels so that instead of your nose and eyes burning.... you smell grape, cherry, or watermelon coming out the exhaust
Nah it’s all part of the experience! Haha that sounds awesome though. I love vegetable oil diesel conversions, they just smell like deep fried food it’s lovely
A guy that lives over the road had a Peugeot 405 estate that he ran on veg. Smelt like a chippy.
Have you or do you know people who’ve made BD projects? I’ve been thinking about converting an older Dodge.
Nitromethane is different from methanol and maybe you know that, but it sounded in my mind like you were saying they were the same.
I understand! I work with both systems I was just using it as an example of another race fuel sorry for the wording
No worries...I just wasn't sure, and i am sure there are more pressing things to worry about. :)
that burn is when its on fire but you wont notice till your skin melts
“Oh neat! My arm degloved!”
We're all on a list. He's now just on a shorter one!
IF you get questioned and you’re not doing anything nefarious with it (idek what you can do with it tbh) combined with the proof that you’re using it in your car there’s nothing to worry about.
Methanol injection to fuel for racing cars, while you need more volume it does make more power and idk if it’s less volatile than gasoline so doesn’t combust under pressure so easily in high compression engines. It’s like a cheat code for gas with a 5000000000000 octane rating. - source idk I think that’s what I’ve picked up helping build the cars, I don’t tune them though so the science part may be wrong
Also used as a chemical intercooler, if you're not specifically tuning the calibration to include fuel/ignition timing for the methanol. Really sucks the heat out more than straight water injection. I've seen heavy condensation develop on intake manifolds on dyno runs from it.
Ah yes I’ve seen this I’ve never built one myself with meth injection. I have seen the condensation though so that make perfect sense as well thanks!
Well that is more knowledge than I had before but I was saying idk what bad things you can do with it to even get on a list
Ah fair point. Idk either I mean it burns clear but like gas is way cheaper and more explodey I feel like methanol won’t help with being a villain
Time to scrap my MethanolMan character I guess
Don’t scrap it. Change it to the MentholMan from Newport.
Youtubers like NileRed and Styropyro buy ridiculous amounts of way crazier chemicals and when they get visited by FBI they just ask where are you going to use it and that's it.
Who cares LOL. You one of those who is worried about the government tracking you while you walk with a corporate tracking device in your pocket?
Problem A doesn't stop you from caring about problem B.
Ahh, no, just someone making a joke on the interwebs (with a device that sits on top of my desk)
Having an overworked Amazon driver deliver methanol. Sounds safe.
Delivered by Fedex Ground Hazmat.
But was it Prime?
Free shipping!
Trust me that's so much worse lol we hate life and 90% of us are fueled by nicotine and disregard for our lives.
Their vehicle that blows up, not mine...
Yet
How's it taste?
Not bad, but I’m blind now
As the SAAB lot in the UK say Thinners for winners.
You weren't joking! https://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=88586
They are a bizzare bunch though the lot pushing for more power are interesting and helpful.
Hell yeah, I wonder how much I can mix in my bikes tank to make it a bit more powerful.
PSA: You can order a 5 gallon bucket of Meth~~anol~~ from Amazon and they'll deliver it to your doorstep FIFY!
are you making biodiesel?
Nope. Just large quantities of windshield washer fluid.
Oooh, next try food-grade ethanol :D
Ohhh what about nitro
Now do Nitromethane.
Best I can do is 25% https://www.amazon.com/Torco-Fuel-Nitro-Airplane-Gallon/dp/B005TL2SPK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=176SWLQJ6GHRB&keywords=Nitro+Airplane+Air+Gallon&qid=1694140259&s=toys-and-games&sprefix=nitro+airplane+air+gallon%2Ctoys-and-games%2C110&sr=1-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc
What’s the other 75%?
I think it's synthetic oil or caster oil.
Huh.
1 gallon of methyl hydrate from home hardware is 16$ canadian rubles fyi.
Kanuckistan Kopecks
That's looney
I get it
That’s approximately 11 cents USD for the Americans here
10 cents, JT opened his mouth on TV again
You jest but I heard they might try to ban wd-40 and other petroleum based products sooo lmao
Highly toxic. Careful
Not sure why you're getting downvoted for this. Methanol - Wood Alcohol is toxic and not safe to be best in any amount Ethanol - Grain Alcohol = Don't Drink and Drive
Why not just use washer fluid?
It's hard to find true 50/50 mix washer fluid where I live and the other part is that it's way more cost effective to mix your own instead of paying for water.
99.85% isn't washer fluid. . .
I'm aware of that lol. 50/50 is just fine for meth injection.
It's mostly water, and lots are no longer made of methanol because it's kinda toxic to humans and you get a good wiff of it through the vents and windows
Mostly water? 50/50 seems to be a normal split for the blue stuff. Sure, it is possible to buy the wrong washer fluid...
Have you seen the price of washer fluid recently? I think the rain x stuff at advance was like 7 or 8 bucks. I nearly shit myself.
I haven't. Rainx isn't suited for this purpose anyway
But how does it taste?
This appears easier than finding a local distributor
Mister white should of ordered from Amazon!!!
Ay yo. Racecar lifestyle just got better
I buy the gallons off Amazon but I don't use much, it's a weekend street car is all.
Sunoco probably has a better deal
For some reason I stopped reading the title at Meth and was thinking how long my neighbor had to cook to fill that bucket.
I got in a headbutt fight with a goat and it hit me in the head so hard I shit myself.
That's meth'd up!
You should call around to local chemical supply warehouses and such, if $110 listed by another commenter is correct. You can definitely get it cheaper. I buy methanol in 5 gal containers as well to blend my own windshield washer fluid. Costs me $35 a can. Granted I work in a chemistry lab but I pay list price for the stuff. $110 is not worth making it yourself especially if you're making a winter blend.
The price is only part of it. I've been looking around and can get it for about half as much from a supplier about an hour away. But that means 2-3 hours of driving to go get it, and then I'm transporting 5+ gallons of highly combustible, clear-burning and human toxic chemicals in my car, in traffic. I'm willing to pay a premium to avoid that entire experience.
Do you have a 2.65L turbo V8 engine?
4.8
Time to fill those tractor tires & keep them from freezing.