Pansy Patrol Alternative Fuel Vehicle Nears Completion

Posted in Our Shenanigans by Clint on April 12th, 2007

After years of careful study, we’ve modified a 1992 Mazda Protege to run on a special blend of antifreeze, used ATE superblue brake fluid, and waste oil. We have no doubt that MIT will come calling once we finish the project. Here are some photos of me filling the tank:
The Funnel
Adding the Superblue
Adding the antifreeze

We’ve gone to great lengths to lighten the car, as only the Pansy Patrol knows how to do:
Lightening the back of the car
A side view of some of our specialized delete work
And a view from the front
One of the amazing things about using this alternative fuel is that we don’t need to run a radiator because coolant is part of the fuel blend. We don’t need a master cylinder for the brakes either. Why? You guessed it, it’s in the fuel blend! And oil? It’s in the fuel blend, dummy.

We have to admit though–and we are very embarrassed because we know everything there is to know about cars–that we can’t quite get it to idle smoothly. We’re thinking that maybe there’s a leak somewhere, or that we forgot to install a part. We were hoping that one of you readers could take a look at this picture of the engine bay and tell us what we’re missing. It has to be just some small thing, and once we get it to idle right, we’re going to be rich. Please help us. The last thing we want is to have to give up and just have the car towed away.

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2 Comments so far

  1. Did you check the antifreeze/brake fluid/waste oil/fuel filter? =)

  2. No, we’re not actually filtering the fuel blend because it already has self-cleaning and self-filtering properties. ;-)

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