Biodiesel dragster
30 October 2005Just to make sure you know we like to look at biodiesel from all angles, we wanted to show you the Cummins Biodiesel Dragster. It’s probably easier to let them tell you about it:
This dragster is powered by a twin turbo, 24 valve, P7100 mechanical fuel pump, 5.9 liter Cummins Diesel engine. Same basic engine as a Dodge Ram truck. This is a pure stock short block with 35,000 street miles! We are just out there trying to see how fast and quick we can go.
The engine has two stage ATS Diesel Performance turbos providing the boost. It can build over 100 pounds of boost. The pump and injectors we are using now are built by John Russin of Buddha Power.
The transmission is a ATS Diesel Performance custom 47RE Dodge 4 speed overdrive, lock up 5 Star Viskus Converter Drive, with a electronic transmission brake. We have made many full throttle lauches with this with no breakage. The lock up converter is bulletproof.
The fuel that we are running is biodiesel, supplied from BlueSun of Colorado. This fuel is made from virgin agricultural based products, not petroleum. We have found that this fuel has a higher cetane rating, and performs very well. In addition, it is an alternative fuel, a renewable resource.
As luck would have it, and as racing goes, they just had a bit of a blowout on one of the turbos so it’s currently being repaired. But they have already run a 7.98 at 167.43 MPH! So biodiesel isn’t just for your VW Rabbit.
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January 13th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
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