I had visitors this morning, Jim Key and his friend Wayne. We took a twenty mile drive to the feed store and back home. I had thought about racing my work truck against his wrecker but after looking the wrecker over real well and listening to it run I changed my mind!
Yes , Thinking about gasifiey the wrecker or one similar
Is that a REAL hemi - as distinct from what is these days CALLED a hemi? Maybe SteveU knows if the compression ratio is high enough to burn wood gas without a lot of timing advance.
Hmmm. As I recall the compression ratios are not extremely high. 9ines-10ins to 1 on the early versions. You are right the higher the compression ratio the less timing advance on woodgas needed. Mr Waynes didtrubutorless V-10 proves these later model Dodoges have the abilty already to self-advance the timing enough.
These last generation Hemi’s are neat. Still pushrod valved with two different lenghs of pushrods. Oiling flow now reversed down through the pushrods TO the lifters. How they are able on some to get thier cylinder deativation electronic control controlling lifter bleed off oil flow. These engines pull down (disassemble) very fast with the least amount of tools. Ha! Ha! On of my smart assed career moments was fishing out a mangled end thrust bearing insert on an early test cell prototype “failed” mule engine relegated to the PNW regional tech training school with a pocket magnet and flash light. Wondered why we had so much crank end play on reassembly since we had not crank pulled. The Detroit instuctor was NOT amused. How many engineers missed that? Another non-disclosure to sign. Years ago I think I am safe now.
We will have to see how others woodgas soot fair with thier plastic intake manifolds. I’ve never kept up and checked if this current genration Hemi’s have metal offered aftermarket intakes to replace the factory plastic.
Sure would like to hear MR Wayne how this fellow in electronically controller handling the gasoline and ignition fuel sides on his “drop-in” if he was willing to share.
That would be important “which vehicle best to woodgas” info to know.
Regards
Steve Unruh
Just thought I would show a few pics of a little wheelbarrow I made the other day to help me work on getting a lot of concrete to a really hard and steep area on the house I’m working on.
“Sure would like to hear MR Wayne how this fellow in electronically controller handling the gasoline and ignition fuel sides on his “drop-in” if he was willing to share.
That would be important “which vehicle best to woodgas” info to know.”
Hello Mr. Steve
I have emailed Jim and referenced the above link to see if they might in light us on the electronics. Wayne Wells is the master mind of the creations but doesn’t have a computer. He has built several of these vehicles.
His picture below
Jonathan,
That is just too cool !!
The “Real” 426 hemi ended in the early 70s. The only similarities with the new Hemi’s is the name ---- nothing else.
Hi WayneK
Here’s the interest. There engines were ONLY OBDII compliant JTEC and later CAN-Bus system contolled. So these fellows either figured out how to by-pass/reprogram all of the software looking for evaporative emmisions, multiple cat converters performance, ect, ect and keep the engine out of low power limp-in and fully fueled injected pulsed and ignited: OR, they know a programable aftermarket controller system able to speed-density sence calculate and control the fuel injection and distributorless ignition. Hopefully the last. This would be programable for a woodgas tailored spark timing map (curve). Even should be able to program in a gasoline injector short pulse “dribble” for power boosting.
Just what the smaller later engined SOHC 4.7 V-8 fellows could use out in the non-inspected areas.
No argument from me PeterC. You the man on the original Chysler Hemi’s and the race developed improvements.
I am only calling it what the Daimler/Chrysler people choose to chrisened thier latest creation. And the now Fiat/Chrysler chooses to keep calling it. Ha! They even trademarked the "HEMI"name for these. GOT the hat - in black. I’d actually call the combustion chamber on these laters as pentagon shaped. “Penta” got used by Chrysler on later direct gasoline fuel injected into the cylinder engines.
To me hemi is the actual combustion chamber shape. My 1922 engine book list the USA shaft gear driven (no chains or belts anywhere) DOHC military V12 Liberty engines as having hemispherical combustion chambers. Sure to be many other American/European aircraft engines pre-dating this by years using hemi(sherical) combustion chambers.
Real, real neat practical workmanship JonathanC.
Is that one of the Cirello (sp) base power units versus a BCS you built onto?
Best Regards to All
Steve Unruh
The powered wheelbarrow is based on a BCS 204 sickle bar mower with a acme engine I took the sickle bar off and welded a frame for the wheel and bed of the wheelbarrow.
The little thing does really good even on steep terrain.
Jonathan, I see what looks like a double rotor under the wheelbarrow tray. That looks like a good start to get it gasified - LaRosa style!
Don M
Cut some Honey Bees out of a downed tree today hope they make a good hive. cut them out with my chain saw and no stings, it pays off to have a good bee suit and smoker. I will be going back around dark to transport them home.
Hey RichardC do you make “house calls” . . . . 2800 miles away?
The true valuable Gold in life is edible, sustainable, organic.
On a down note: a new from the city moved in neighbor family has just filed and injunction against my wife and I for our “Insensately at all hours of the day and night illegal crowing rooster disturbing the niebothood peace and quiet”. His lady says in the complaint that “he is big, and scary, and frightens my children”. Hmmm. From 335+ feet away?. Another ~70 feet to thier bedrooms. A l-o-n-g Football field distance and plus some. Chicken house has no windows and only a very small chicken door to let the sound filter out and foe ventilation. Trespassing, eh?
Ha! These chickens are out of the town limits re-located by us 10 years ago out on our County property. It is zoned Rual Ag.
It does get so wearisome ‘ed-jew-ma’-ca’-ting City “cake eaters” about where REAL food actually come from. And State Right To Farm laws. Bit of slack Due Diligence on their part selecting and buying an edge of a rural town lot and house and not hearing this rooster on thier pre-buy inpsections. He’s only been here three years, preceded by others much more active roosters countuisly back for decades.
“Cake Eaters” are never happy unless they are getting never ending delivered suppiles of cheap actual sickening cake in thier lives. They’d never appreciate loaded wheat toast and honey I have every morning with my eggs. Anti-Alergies foods.
The classic, “Which comes first? The chicken? Or, the egg?” kinnda leaves out the very nessary Mr Rooster.
Regards
Steve Unruh
Steve—Sorry no long distance house calls. you do have a good supply if you can get to it. I know what you mean about the cake eaters, probably never ate anything that was home made that didn’t come out of a box or the super market freezer section. Any way I did get the bees home and time will tell if they will stay. Hope they do I lost one of my two hives this past winter.
Morning RichardC
I get my eating honeys like gold fixes supplies from 4-5 different local bee keepers. One specifically moves a set of hives around for the widest possible souces of local pollens. He markets and sell this as “Anti-Alergic Wildflower” honey to those with grasses and weed pollen allergies. Many claiming effective relief. $24.95 USD a quart versus the local going rate of ~$13. (relationsip rate) to $16. a quart for single pollen honeys. Just a heads up. They have also had now half hive’s losses due to Colony Collapse Disorder’s.
Ahhhh . . . these two tough survining wild colonies are only know pretty much by my wife and I in the center of a US wildlife refuge guarded by nesting eagles and owls. This “seems” to be far enough away from cell phone towers, pesticides and herbicides useages. Sorry for the tease, man. Hope is if the Collapses continues wild one’s like these could evolve developes resistances. You do what you have to man to keep your’s alive and producing for the Farmers or we will all be having to eat Gov’Mint subsidized supplied “Bread and Circuses” Cake.
Regards to All
Steve Unruh
Hey Arvid,
SWEET!!
Thanks for posting
The other day when I was using my little bandsaw to chunk up some Alder, Apple, and Plum (for grilling/meat smoking purposes), I decided to try to make something useful as well. I guess the fancy name is “Trivet” but I’d call it a “Wooden Hotpad To Put Under Hot Pans.”
Top disks are some of that Plum wood branch that I was cooking with. I sanded the tops thoroughly and then rubbed some linseed oil into them. The lower frame is strips of the Alder I was also cooking with.
We are also enjoying some of our first garden harvests of the year, and first harvests from this house (we moved in September of 2012). Lots of lettuces, spinach, fava bean leaves, walla walla onions, radishes, and other goodies. Pictures soon.
Sounds Delicious BrianH.
My wife just added a couple of Stevia plants to her assortment for some low-cal ntrual sweetener.
We are tripling up on the drying beans this year from the last. Finnaly a no electricity storable carbohydrate found we can actually grow here.
Regards
Steve Unruh
Steve: What “flavor” of beans are those? They look just like a variety that a local Whidbey farmer “invented”. I can’t remember the name though.
Hey BrainH.
Wife’s gone to work now.
Burpee’s Dragon Tonque “EJOTE SOLVESTRE” I think. 60-100 days.
Dry-able by the woodstove for finishing.
Regards
