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Pop N Wood

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  1. My 145 amp welder runs on a 30 amp outlet. I have a 55 amp subpanel in the garage, fed with 4 gauge wire from the main panel 85 feet away. I have a separate 30 amp breaker in the subpanel with maybe 25 feet of 10 guage wire feeding the welder outlet.

     

    It would have to be a pretty big mofo welder to need a 50 amp outlet. If you can afford that much welder you can afford to hire an electrictian and have it done right.

     

    The hot-tub writeups I told you about will give you info on the correct wire size and the 4 wire requirement to wire a subpanel. Really, putting a subpanel with separate breakers in the garage is the only way to go. Most tools run better on 220V and it is nice to have the breakers handy. I have separate breakers for the compressor, radial arm saw, welder and the shop lights/outlets.

  2. To mount my ignition box I bolted a flat piece of aluminim stock to the radiator mounting blots and mounted the box to the side of the radiator opening behind the grill. I kind of bent the aluminum so it held the box away from the sheet meta.

     

    18 years later the box is ready to come off for the LS1 swap.

     

    I have known other guys who mounted it in the cowl like dat249zg did. that is a pretty slick way to do it. Make use of the wasted space. a little harder to get to should you have any ingnition problems.

  3. You just need to make sure the wire used to hook up the box is rated for the current draw of the welder. You then also need the correct size breaker in the main electrical box. Do a google search on wiring a hot tub. There are numerous on line write ups that should tell you everything you need to keep from hurting something.

     

    I would strongly suggest doing the more permanent solution from the get go. The problem with "just for now" solutions is it becomes too easy to keep using them.

  4. Did you go see the last Herbie movie? You gonna go see Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang II? :lol:

     

    Don't laugh. I watched Herbie Fully Loaded just last night.

     

    Those movies are the death of me. My kids think the two most desireble cars made are the new Beetle (cause their Mom's first car was a beetle) and a PT Cruiser (cause that is what both of their grandma's have).

     

    I'll turn them around. My 9 year old daughter is watching me pull the motor on the Z "because it isn't big enough".

  5. You know you guys have a point here. Previously I have only heard of this type of results when using unobtainium mixed with Magnegas. But I think an Aquygen induced catylitic conversion could be used with the 150 bar oxygen to cheaply produce TriTanium.

     

    And for you guys looking for the automotive applications, here it is from a respectable news source

     

    http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=4934566&ClientType=Printable

     

    The gas mileage increases are truely impressive. I hope they solve the engine corrosion problem soon.

     

    Further prove that this is real, I checked with the US patent office and a patent has officially been filed on this device. From this site

     

    http://patucawarrior.efx2.com/my/category/HHO%20-%20Aquygen/

     

    Aquygen: A Gaseous Combustible Form of Water :.

     

    UPDATE: US Patent Application # 20060075683

     

    In the original entry, I wondered what Santilli's connection was to Aquygen. Reader DF provided the answer. Thanks's DF!

     

    Klein and Santilli are both named on the Aquygen patent:

    US Patent Application # 20060075683

    Apparatus and Method for the Conversion of Water into a New Gaseous and Combustible Form and the Combustible Gas Formed Thereby

    ( 13 April 2006 )

    Dennis J. KLEIN & Ruggero M. SANTILLI

     

     

    Damn. Wonder how much weight I can take off the Z by only having a 4 ounce water tank instead of a 16 gallon gas tank?

     

    And to the buffoons who thought you need special glasses to weld with Aquygen, check out this site

     

    http://mcmachete.blogspot.com/

     

    Aquygen™ Gas flame temperature itself is only between 259° F to 279° F when produced in ambient open air.

    Aquygen™ Gas produces NO toxic fumes when burned because it is pure water.

    Aquygen™ Gas develops a temperature differential ranging from 259° F to well over 10000° F depending on the material substrate being worked. This allows each material to be worked, using dissimilar materials together or separately, without changing the fuel or its setting.

    Aquygen™ Gas can be useful as a conventional welding gas with standard gas welding equipment and techniques that produce superior results, including no oxidation, higher weld integrity, no burn back on weld cutting edges, and almost no slag.

    When the H2O Model 1500 Aquygen™ Gas Generator is used as a gas welder, Aquygen™ Gas can weld, cut, braze, solder, metal clad and fuse materials such as ceramics, metals, cermets, glass, plastics and inter-metallic materials together, such as metal-to-metal, metal to glass, ferrous to non*ferrous, and dissimilar metals to each other, which is a true fusion process heretofore unavailable.

    Aquygen™ Gas, when combusted, produces no ultra-violet radiation and does not require special protective eyewear or clothing when used.

    Aquygen™ Gas is generated on location, thus eliminating the need for gas tanks, bottles and large storage facilities that are inherently hazardous.

     

    Wonder what those solar panels on my roof will do my CD? Maybe I could build one in the shape of a ricer wing and power southern New Jersey?

     

    Exciting times we live in guys!!!

     

    Wow! turns out this has been done before

     

    http://www.energyoptions.com/tech/browns.html

     

    Aquygen = browns gas

     

    Worse yet, the fing Chinese are all set to corner the market! Since Clinton banned the importation of Norinco pistols I guess they had to find greener fields.

     

    http://www.eagle-research.com/browngas/machine/bnseries/bnser1.html

     

     

    Wow. Here is a whole web site of HHO torches

     

    http://www.watertorch.com/links/links1.html

     

    Boy. These eggheads don't seem to think much of Aquygen or browns gas

     

    http://www.phact.org/e/bgas.htm

     

    Brown's Gas is that you get if you electrolyze water and keep the resulting hydrogen and oxygen mixed together. Let me make two important comments at this point. One is that it would be extremely hazardous to store any large quantity of Brown's Gas, either at atmospheric pressure or in compressed form. A spark, or the presence of any material which catalyzes the hydrogen/oxygen reaction, will cause a devastating explosion.

     

    The second comment is that all the energy which comes from burning Brown's Gas was put into it by the electrical energy used to electrolyze the water.

  6. You have to make sure you prep the concrete properly. Usually means washing it with an acid solution (muriactic sp?). They usually tell you on the instructions. If the concrete is properly cleaned and porous, then even a floor enamel should hold up well.

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  7. Thats kind of cool. What makes an E85 vehicle capable of running 85% ethanol. Why can our "80's and newer" vehicles run only 15% ethanol? How can we expand from 15% to a higher % blend of ethanol to gas? Sorry if those are stupid questions, thanks!

     

    Do a quick google search on e85. Basically the car has to be set up for it when it was built. Ford and a couple of other manufactures make flexible fuel vehicles standard issue on certain models.

  8. I just got the crate motor pic from the Pace auto web site. I was actually hoping to use the JCI kit to mount it.

     

    From zeeman's post, it looks like the pipes may dump out in a good spot fore and aft, bu looks like they will dump right into the frame rails. Kind of hard to tell how far above the rails the exits are.

     

    The manifolds look like they have some nice thick head flanges on them. Wonder if they could be angle milled to gain clearance?

     

    thanks for the posts guys.

  9. You may want to actually read these things before you comment on them. The car requires an upgraded alternator and two extra storage batteries. No cords are involved.

     

    I guess I hadn't seen that. Your right. It is free energy. Just burn the fuel in a hydrogen powered engine, have it run an alternator, use the electricity from the upgraded alternator and extra storage batteries to generate additional HHO from a bottle of Evian, then use the HHO to power the engine. Never have to fill the tank again! I guess all one would have to do is park on a hill to get the whole process started, then it is all free energy after that!

     

    If you bolt on one of those 200 MPG carburetors and a Magnetic Cyclonification device, you could probably generate enough excess energy to put the local nuc plant out of business. Just put some solar panels on the top of the car and power them backwards so the excess energy gets pumped back into the sun for storage.

  10. You guys do realize that they don't burn water as fuel. They use electricity as the fuel. The welder is 220 volt. Tells me it probably draws some pretty serious current. So take in 4 kilowatts of electrical energy (20 amps at 220V) and get lets say 2 kilowatts of heat from the burning hydrogen. The real trick is getting people to think you have actually accomplished something unique.

     

    My guess is that is why they haven't concentrated on transportation applications. Kind of hard to drive any distance while dragging a 220V extension cord.

     

    And I don't care what you do to pure water. Short of cold fusion, the only thing you will get out of it is hydrogen, oxygen or some combination of the two.

     

    Still a pretty good trick. An electric powered hydrogen torch. Not sure how paying 7 grand for a torch that has to be plugged in is better than paying $500 for a MIG that plugs into the same outlet, but still pretty interesting.

  11. Anyone know if the redesigned LS2 exhaust manifolds can be made to work in a Z?

     

    Saw a hot rod mag that shows the LS2 manifolds have been redesigned. They look like a shortened center dump version of the LS2 Vette manifolds.

     

    I can't see the other side of this motor, but the output flange angle doesn't look too much different than the JTR LS1 header.

     

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  12. You should check this. Read on the amount of hydrogen they can store using there method. Hydrides. http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/h2.htm

     

    There is something extremely fishy about that site. They list all these products and make all these claims about what they can do, but none of their products are actually available yet, all the prices are approximate, they say don't call them because all of their info is on the web site and yet their web site is basically nothing but a top level sales brochure. Plus they cry "the government" is trying to shut them down.

     

    Plus their claim that there solar generator will make hydrogen "at near zero cost" is totally moronic. They don't have a price on their hydrogen generator, but they do sell 80 watt solar panels (at $425 each) and say it takes a minimum of 5 to run the hydrogen generator. With only 400 watts of output and figure a 70% hydrogen conversion efficiency, that $2125 solar panel + hydrogen generator might kick out enough hydroden to equal about a gallon of gas a week. And that is only if the sun shines all week.

     

    This link

     

    http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-10/iss-1/p20.html

     

    talks about hydrides and says a tank large enough to hold 5 kg of hydrogen (maybe 10 gallons of gas) weights 360 kg. Did they really add a 1500+ pound tank to that vette to get their 450 mile range?

  13. Don't do coil overs. You don't need them for your car. Get some stock replacement springs from MSA or Victoria British.

     

    I have springs very similar to these. They work great on a street ride.

     

    http://www.thezstore.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=PSDC01A

     

    Trouble is, if your springs are gone, then the struts and possibly bushings are not far behind. Best to do everything while the springs are out.

     

    Look over the MSA on line catalog and maybe Modern Motorsport page and rebuild your suspension right the first time. May seem like a lot of money up front, but usually the cheapest way to do things is to do them right the first time.

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