you should name the car 'greg.' just lowercase and the period so it sounds underwhelming, and youd have to pause for a sec whenever you say its name because of the period

Trying to explain to the officers that my cars drunk, not me

That starter is the real MVP here

One reason the pure methanol didn't work as well as the ethanol (Everclear) is that the stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio is lower for methanol than ethanol (and ethanol's is even lower than gasoline). Pump gas has a stoichiometric AFR of about 14.7:1, ethanol has 9:1, and methanol has 6.4:1. If you restrict the airflow to the engine by, for example, applying the choke, or if you increase the size of the jets on the carburetor, it may run quite well on methanol or ethanol.

this feels like something people would genuinely be testing in an apocalypse or something "i swear im not fucking with you! everclear is a perfect replacement fuel in a pinch- of course theres gonna be problems but its better than ditching your ride, come back to find it gone or stripped"

This feels like the early days of Mythbusters and I'm here for it lol

My friend fell asleep and drove a pinto just like that thru 2 telephone poles and still had to shut the engine off.

Jack sparrow? Runs on alcohol and bad jokes

@6:47 - AHEM! That bottle was FULL when you bought it! 🤪

Liquor Mc'Acetone Face

Name her the Red Barron

Call it The Bean Machine. 1. Because Pinto beans. 2. Because that thing is an absolute UNIT for running after sitting that long AND your tests... (not sure how long that engine's gonna last now though)

Sputtercup sounds like a fitting name

What an amazing use of a waterjet machine 😂

props to that starter lasting that long 🤣🤣

Those brothers are opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to creativity!

You should name the car "Pinto McPintoface"

loved the video. Some advice, install some sort of simultaneous fuel system it could be something as simple as a dripper into the carburetor. so you don't burn that starter and fly wheel up messing with the Alternatives you can start it on gasoline and then feed in the alternative fuel while the vehicle is still running instead of using the starter to try to start it on the alternative fuel to begin with

Never thought I would ever say this, but congrats on the Pinto, clean unit!

That 69% rum should be used for higher compression engines, it’s got a lower combustion rate

The tube for the rum was never inserted all the way from the beginning. I caught it, but I assumed you guys would take care of the issue off-screen.

Josh says: "Your engine oil is MINE!"

You should name the car Josh. It's red and aged...like a fine Josh wine.

Should call the Pinto 'Fireball' 😊

I think after this video you should rename the pinto the the pint'o

Theres a snaps in Germany were I live it's called "Stroh 80" because it has 80% Alc and its normaly used for baking or in some rare cases Cocktails but you can drink it(If youre brave enough).

For the memes we need to name it pintomcpintoface

Ive been wanting a Pinto ever since i was a kid. Idk what to name it, but I had to watch this video.

I run on Jack Daniel's, might as well see if my truck can too.

We need more videos like this. Lmao i havent laughed so hard in a hot minute

I liked this one. Well done. An alarming amount of effort from you boys really.

Pinto McPintoFace Jr.

12:06 "how to edge a car"... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ... Genuine lol !!

How about calling it "The Big Red Pinto Jelly Bean"? 🤣

great job guys . interesting.

Why did I watch this?

i love this video, such a great idea!

You should have tried running it on mold release, but you probably don't have any of that around

I had a new idea for the water jet videos, do you know the Pelton turbine, that could be quite interesting

Name the car BERTHA, all caps

cop: “sir have you had anything to drink tonight?” my car: 😟

you know they dont build them like they used to when that starter just lasted the lifetime of modern day ones in one video

You should have used some NITRO METHANE. Nothing like the smell of nitro in the morning, sure the exhaust feels like mustard gas in the eyes and throat but that'll give that Pinto some pep.

I will tell you from personal experience the alcohol percentage, or ABV (alcohol by volume), of a drink makes a HUGE difference in the drink's effects. For example, anything lower than 4% is impossible to get smashed on. You can chug a whole 12 pack in 2 hours and barely get a buzz. The excess water just flushes the alcohol out of your body and dilutes your blood enough to decrease any intoxicating effects. And even with beer, just a few fractions of a percent increase in ABV makes a significant difference in how drunk you get. For example, drinking Rolling Rock, which is 4.4% ABV, gives you a nice buzz and you get fairly intoxicated after drinking a few of them in a short amount of time. But Natural Ice is 5.9% ABV and drinking a few of those over a longer time gets you WAY more drunk. Get way more of a hangover too. Again that appears to be from the excess water in the beverages. Seems like It is not just the alcohol percentage that makes a difference, but the excess water in a drink with lower alcohol *decreases* the effects of what alcohol is in the drink in the first place. Now with spirits, going from 40% vodka to 50% vodka gets you SMASHED! Way more than the lower ABV stuff. It also gives you one HELL of a hangover and I was gagging on it a lot more. It also get you WAY more drunk on way less. Again, I'm suspecting the water content has something to do with it. Why am I talking about getting drunk on an alternative fuel for cars video? Well, why the hell not!?

props on the credit scene.

I simply would not consume a beverage called Josh, that is the opposite of marketing. Obama impression on point

"no officer I dont have any open containers of alcohol IN the car"

Yes. Generally you want to up the jets like 2 sizes on a a carburetor so it will burn alcohol instead of gas, But Jack is low proof and high sugar. so you might have to go up more, unless you plan to refine it, or add gass or more pure alcohol. It will run for a while, but the real problem is the sugar. Sugar Carnalizes when you cook it. if you think valve deposits are bad with cheap gas, Wait till youre cooking sugar in with youre cylinders . Oh and for the record, its perfectly leagle to brew shine as a car fuel, but you have to add like 5 percent (i cant remember the exact amount) Gasoline to it, This makes it Undrinkable, and not taxable by the ATF.. It also means you dont have to discard the leads or trailers on the distill. If youre brewing alcohol in the quantities needed to fuel a car, The ATF will find out, and its best not to have more than a couple of quarts of pure stuff lying around.

Alcohol actually has lower energy density than Petroleum Gasoline. That's worth keeping in mind. Cars setup to run of Methanol are typically set to run a higher fuel to air ratio; in other words, richer.

Ford Bent'O for the name lmao

Come on guys, you know you gotta name it "Red Rocket"

i love this doing experiment videos !

Everclear is no joke. That stuff damned near killed me! I'll never touch that shit again.

You'll never make 100% pure alcohol with a sill, the best you will ever get is ~96%, and that's after several runs

Just name it the Pinto Bean. It's obvious. You can call it Bean for short.

@12:05 "had to edge the car" 😂😂😂😂

You should've adjusted the fueling. Alcohol runs great on EFi cars when warm.

Ohhh the timing, 4 months ago! The supreme court just struck down the law against home distilling!

1:24 Camel Towing

“Do you know why I pulled you over, sir?” “I’m driving drunk. Well, not _me_ but the car. Just stick the breathalyzer by the exhaust.”

beautiful experiment

try running it on rubbing alcohol, highest concentration of alcohol you can buy outright. you can buy lab grade 200 proof ethanol but that is incredibly pricey and may require a license. even if you didnt need a license, you would likely get some fbi attention if you bought enough 200 proof ethanol to run a car off of. edit: Lab Alley's website says no federal license needed, but still pricey

i’d be interested to know how hot the engine was with each fuel type

she's called Ruby , I had 7 pintos through out my apprenticeship awesome cars

Antifreeze doesn’t contain methanol. It’s got ethanol. But either way, they are both alcohols. But antifreeze and washer fluid are not flammable without distilling the alcohols out from the rest of the ingredients. When the car is running then sputters on these, it’s just residual gasoline in the line/carb. But the ratio of fuel to air is also different with alcohol based fuels. For example, the engine needs around 33% more fuel for the same amount of air with E85.

If you're not afraid of French, KZfaq's channel @Vilebrequin has done two videos about that too, they're pretty fun and they're using a special mechanism to switch between fuel type. Here are the two video titles: "Rouler à la vodka / champagne / gel hydroalcoolique : ÇA FAIT QUOI ?" and "Rouler à l'huile d'olive / kérosène / huile de vidange : ÇA FAIT QUOI ?"

That starter hates you guys

You can run a lot of flammable liquid in an carburator engine. You just have to adjust the carbonator and timing depending on the liquid/gas fuel. Your segment should be will it run without adjustment

I can be the only one thinking this was a dankpods Tony video

honestly moonshine isnt exactly illegal if your labeling it as fuel or methanol for the car. its only illegal(to the best of my knowledge) for it to be labeled as liquor. considering back when henry ford built his car. his engines where more than capable of running moonshine

Yes I ran a car on Jack Daniels. It will work. Poured it right into the gas tank. Running an engine on alcohol - takes a LOT of alcohol to do the same job as straight gas. Engine is set up for gasoline not alcohol.

hmmmmm.... i think theres quite the mixture in the carb bowls, so i think you should repeat this test but instead of jars, suck the carb bowl dry first and in between each liquid. it takes a bit of time for the bowl to empty once its been filled. check your ignition system too, the spark may not be strong enough to ignite less than ideal fluids like alcohol. cool video im looking forward to more!

The how to edge ur car part had me weak✋😭😂

I suggest car name: Bicycle

You're ending was awesome. It was like you channeled Ralph from "The Simpson's ". That's yucky lol sribescube lol

Was that a purple mclaren in the beginning!!

what is stoichiometry and what are carburetors

You guys are the new myth busters! Besides your pretty cute!

I think you should just name it "Bean" 😂

THE PINTO HAD A PINT, EY?

Keith

Hop over to your local fast food place and ask for their used cooking oil, filter it and run your car on it. (You may have to preheat the oil above 150 fahrenheit)

Do the same test with a 12v cummins and try different oils and DIY bio diesel.

Pinto bismol, hand's down.

Yes you can run even lower % alcohol as fuel but you need to adjust the fueling. Currently doing that on my car on overstock sanitizer

Caesar Divi Filius Pintonius, Pontifex Maximus, Pater Patriae, Princeps Senatus

Not a drunk driver but still drunk driving

should of tried this experiment on the taco bell McLaren 720s i see in the back ground 😎😂😂

Name the car "Bean". Also drill out the carb jets, or re-jet it with roughly 20% larger ones. It should run better on everclear then.

how about naming the car: "The Pinto Bean"

That Pinto is scary man, they are notorious for blowing up when getting rear ended because of the poor fuel tank design

Isn't windshield washer fluid made from ethanol though, and not methanol? At least here in Finland, vast majority of washer fluids are ethanol-based.

GMTA. When the windshield washer fluid failed and he said "not enough methanol in it" I thought, ‘well, you could distill it. But they will never do that.’ And then they did. Awesome.

The stories about older cars running on alcohol in a pinch were because the typical compression, ignition timing, and octane were generally different in those vehicles! You really could run an older vehicle (sometimes) on alcohol. Carburetor, of course, is necessary. Modern cars tend to absolutely not run on alcohol first and foremost due to ignition timing, even though a modern vehicle will adjust ignition timing based on the perceived combust-ability of the fuel it's receiving.

Series coming... try: - turpentine - xylene - alcohol vegetable oil mix - hexamine (fuel tablets) in alcohol solution

You're not taking into account the difference required in air/fuel ratios. Also, the energy available in an alcohol versus a hydrocarbon fuel is quite different. But - fun times to be had for sure!

Holy moly, I have been thinking about it since I was a child

I wonder if tried making E85 with the everclear and some gas, it would work better. Then again IIRC cars that can run on E85 need to inject more fuel to compensate for the fact that it has lower energy density despite having an extremely high octane rating, so you'd probably need to run it a lot richer than normal to run smothely. That and probably a bunch of new fuel lines if you're going to do it for more than a few tests so they don't get eaten by the ethanol.

Can it run on liquid nitrogen? Liquid nitrogen is pretty flammable, not sure if it's combustive though.

i noticed you're using an old carbureted car without a computer, you could just tune it to run properly with your alternative fuels