Hey Scotty, what is your take on gasification engines? And is there legality roadblocks for them?
It's cool but impractical for vehicles unless we find ourselves in a post-apocalyptic world someday.
I was watching a lot of those gasifier videos a few years ago (most of them from "Preppers" looking for a way to power their portable gasoline powered generators) and was almost inspired to try to build one just for the hell of it using those FEMA plans.
What was interesting were the guys trying to compress the gas into used propane cylinders so they could store it for future use. I don't know if anyone ever perfected that process or not.
But these days I'd go with a solar setup instead of a gasifier in a post-apocalyptic world. Maybe pull the V6 out of the Ranger and install an electric motor in it, fill the bed with batteries, and recharge it on my home solar power system.
It goes without saying that I'd also modify it to combat all the mutant zombies which are inevitable in any post-apocalyptic world scenario
what is your take on gasification engines?
impractical.
why would you want to?
Current fuels are already pre-gasified for you.
is there legality roadblocks for them?
yeah probably emissions. It can be a very dirty process. It depends what your gasifying.
I’m referring to wood gasification. Apparently the concept is resurrected at every fuel crisis. And fema has plans for civilian use
Like I said. Horribly impractical.
who wants to fire up the furnace and load up the back seat with wood to take a trip to pick up some milk?
Here is a working example of an Opel Blitz German WWII truck in the Sinsheim Museum of Technology in Germany. They were not used frontline because you had 65% horsepower.
https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/en/opel-blitz-truck-wood-gas