Arctic Cat has been working on a diesel powered ATV for some time now and recently began production of the new model. The 686cc twin cylinder diesel engine powering the 4 wheeler is not only approved to use biodiesel of up to a B20 mix but its use is actually promoted by Arctic Cat with [...]
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If you want to put biodiesel to work for yourself right now, try this. There’s a biodiesel Royal Enfied motorcycle for sale on ebay. MotorEarth imported the bike last year for use as a demo to show the practical side of biodiesel fuel. They have run the motorcycle on both biodiesel and straight vegetable oil [...]
London based D1 Oils will sponsor a Lola B2K in the 2006 LeMans 24 hour race. The car will be running an engine which is a modified version of the Volkswagen Touareg’s V10 and it will be fueled with a biodiesel blend still being tested to find the best race formulation. Although the car will [...]
Just 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 [...]