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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 04:58 AM
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TIME TO PLANT CANOLA

So I was just watching Mean Green Machines the TV show and they had a cadillac escalade from Kansas that had a 850 hsp diesel motor tuned to run on Canola oil. It seems that the canola oil being heavier than diesel compesses much more dense and as a result the motor puts about 3 times the torque to the rear wheels. During this show where he was competing against a Hummer H2 that was tuned with chip and air induction system to save fuel. The escalade snapped 2 axles , it seems that he needs to find a heavier axle. He turned a 13.46 in the 1/4 with 4 200 lb+ guys in the truck and taking it easy off the start so they would not break the axle again. He figures he could turn just over 11's with the right rear axle. Even as an automatic he laid a strip of rubber shifting from 2nd to 3rd of 25' , some serious torque! The kicker here is that the vehicle leaves 80% less of a carbon footprint than the regular Chevy turbo diesel.
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