Thanks Jeff both of them wire frames are great and simple to make.
Bob
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Bag filter seems to have done it’s job. It’s all covered in a thin coat of dust. I’ll take pictures tomorrow to see it better.
Idle is rough again on gasoline, my idle jets are probably dirty. That’s the price I pay for running it through the carb and I knew it would happen.
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Good to hear it is working for you. SWEM!!
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It’s getting hot enough to burn off the paint right above where the nozzle ends come out of the barrel. Not really sure why other than maybe my furthest flute holes are too close for comfort to the walls of the barrel.
Took a couple of short clips while driving and after I got home before shutting down. Sending them to my PC and I’ll compile it into one video for YouTube right now.
It starts up pretty drama free. I just need to give it maybe 5 minutes of warming up once I get the first hole lit. When I get the air mixture set just right it tends to not really be fussy while driving. I did notice the idle was a little higher than it was when starting, maybe the gas was enriched more near the end. Until I get an AFR meter in there I won’t really know. I still need to add a remote control for opening and shutting the producer gas line, the spa gate valve works pretty good for that.
The copper choreboy scrubbers are working phenomenally for keeping embers from flying out, I just have them sitting at the mouth of each end of the flute and can pluck them out.
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Phone picked up my voice a little too well, might want to turn the volume down a tad.
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Those are the reports we like to see! Great.
I cant tell if the glow is from the nozzles or is the whole flute glowing?
55mph is what l wuld realisticly expect from this truck and engine. I bet you are pleased!
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Thank you for the ride, fun to ride with you.
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I couldn’t tell either. I’ll have to check the flute for damage to find out.
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Thanks for the ride Cody ! Nothing like a big smile early in the morning 
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Checked my odometer, I went about 22 miles in various grades of hills. Charcoal was right up to the gas exit level and now it’s right here.
Here’s the best picture of the inside of the nozzle that I could muster up.
And the sack filter seems to have worked really well it’s covered in very fine dust.
I’m very pleased with how well covered the bag is, I was worried the bag would conform to the size of the inner pipe and only get partially covered. Every time I moved the bag it was shaking dust off. Inside of the filter box is hard to see without waiting for the dust to settle but that tells me it’s getting down to the very fine stuff.
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Just checked the Mazda to see if she will idle fine on gasoline, everything seems to be okay now.
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Looks like I’m in the 2 miles per pound range.
Used up 6.5 gallons of charcoal, which according to my 5 gals to 9lbs figure, or 19 Liters to 4 Kilograms, for my charcoal is 11.7 lbs. From the roughly 22 miles I drove. Not bad!
Correct my math but that would be 7.1km/kg?
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Also i think I could stand to use a little bit more water in my drip. Right now I’m doing one drip per second so I’ll try to up it to 2D/s
I will expect a bit over 1kg charcoal equivalent to 1l petrol. Then just punch in whatever the cars consumption of petrol is.
Theoreticly one Kg of char can reduce close to one Kg of water in a gasifier, but there is no need for that much. You do the math for your ideal amount but l can tell you that its more thain 1 drop/s. Problem thugh is at idle and full power the need of water is different… Its why l dont like drips.
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I’ve been thinking of copying Bruces mister idea but tying the voltage to the alternator to give it a stronger flow while under acceleration. I would need a pretty sturdy pump to withstand the higher voltages though.
Also on petrol I get roughly 8.5km/L when at cruising speed of 55 in Overdrive.
I always wanted to try the Maxs idea for a carbourator fed water mist. Sounds perfect for what we need but as l know noone yet tryed it.
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All I would need to do is build a venturi right? I could maybe make a venturi from the other end of the flute where I put a coupler in.
Just copy a Briggs and Stratton style tank carburetor really. I’m just not sure what jet size I would use.
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I thought you use 20% water to wet your charcoal. That sounds easy to me.
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Yes, with a downdraft. Updrafts need as dry charcoal as possible.
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