Can James make a car drive on booze?

LindenChase · August 8th, 2008, 10:54 PM

James has been trying to combine the best of all his worlds and has been mixing cars, booze and science in an experiment. He could thus use the same footage in all of his three upcoming new series this autumn. I bet the BBC will be happy with him. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Quote:

Our friends at Radical sport cars had provided a Radical SR4: could a car with an unmodified engine run off exceptionally pure Bruichladdich new spirit? The answer is a 0-60-in-3.5-seconds-yes. But only if it is quadruple-distilled mind.

http://blog.islayinfo.com/article.ph...-bruichladdich

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/LindenChase/TopGear/islay.jpg

More info at:
http://www.laddieblog.com/laddieblog...Adventure.html

and these three (not very good quality but who cares) films:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qgoVTv...eature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3fw7ZM...eature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TVrd9P...eature=related

Labcoatguy · August 8th, 2008, 11:04 PM

The caravan is strapped to a "Corniche convertible"? Methinks somebody didn't check facts before writing that article. In before the hordes of May groupies squeeing over his rocker look.

Old Lace · August 8th, 2008, 11:10 PM

OMG JAMMMMEESSS!!!!111Eleventy!

images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

*makes an unladylike snort and wanders off*

(And no, I don't hate James. I'm just too grumpy and evil to be a proper fangirl ;p)

LindenChase · August 8th, 2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Labcoatguy

In before the hordes of May groupies squeeing over his rocker look.

I can assure you lots of squeeing is already going on my friend, on all the appropiate sites. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Ottobon · August 9th, 2008, 3:09 AM

Ethanol=Refined Moonshine. You can actually make E100 cheaper then gas, it just wont be of the same unbelievable qualities of mass E85 (which is why the prices are as high as they are) Its also worth mentioning that if you setup a engine to run strictly on ethanol you'll get the same efficiencies from it as gas, less energy per gallon (70% ish) but you can get the thermodynamic efficiencies up to a diesel beating 40%, so it balances itself out. Its also worth noting that the same car that can make 40% thermodynamic efficiency blah blah blah will also be able to make much more hp and tq from the same size engine, ethanol is really great stuff if you work with it, but as a "flex-fuel" option its unbelievably terrible at the moment.

Biodiesel is very much the same so far as local refining vs mass refining goes. You can make it for as little as 80 cents a gallon (refined) it just won't be as ungodly sparkling clean as commercial biodiesel. Still good enough to run atleast as long as diesel, just not a internal engine degreaser that happens to also be a fuel, which commercial biodiesel is.

Basically what i'm saying is the whole food from fuel thing can work cheap and efficiently, but to sell it to the public you have to A. Ship it all over the place and waste a lot of money and resources doing so, and B refine it to standards that surpass petroleum products. The standards are so high that one engineer told me that when they first calculated how much it would cost to produce biodiesel to the insane legal standard it was going to cost $7 a gallon, and this was back when diesel wasn't more then $3 a gallon USD.

bartboy9891 · August 9th, 2008, 3:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Labcoatguy

The caravan is strapped to a "Corniche convertible"? Methinks somebody didn't check facts before writing that article. In before the hordes of May groupies squeeing over his rocker look.

Eh they probably just google searched for "Corniche" and found the most recent one which was a convertible. Either way it's awesome that May is towing a caravan with a fantastic old Rolls Royce.

Labcoatguy · August 9th, 2008, 3:24 AM

Yeh. But on that note,

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Originally Posted by Labcoatguy

But what on earth is he going to use to tow it? Not his Boxster, for sure. Panda? Or for complete and utter hilarity, his Rolls?

I called it! images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

BlaRo · August 9th, 2008, 8:29 AM

Runs on booze, you say? First thing that came to mind:

http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~zwood/teaching/csc471/finalproj26/ltruong/images/bender.jpg

Lindstrim · August 15th, 2008, 8:45 AM

Dosent Prince Charles run his DB7? on wine? Clarkson made a crack during the news about it when it broke down or something along those lines?

Derek · August 15th, 2008, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Lace

OMG JAMMMMEESSS!!!!111Eleventy!

images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

*makes an unladylike snort and wanders off*

(And no, I don't hate James. I'm just too grumpy and evil to be a proper fangirl ;p)

This makes no sense.

LindenChase · August 15th, 2008, 11:39 AM

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/...-a-difference-

The Daily Express are seriously lagging behind. This was in the "newspaper" today.

Cole P · August 15th, 2008, 9:32 PM

Quote:

May pushed the Radical SR4 racing car to a hair-raising 100mph, managing 0-60 in 3.5 seconds over four runs.

So with the Stig behind the wheel it would've done 0-60 in 2.5 and 175mph?

LindenChase · August 16th, 2008, 7:54 AM

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/LindenChase/TopGear/2766306090_418d26af8b.jpg

Nothing to do with the Islay experiment, but I thought it to be too good not to post here. So he's not using his own Rolls, probably remembered the godawful mess Oz made in the Jag. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Found it on Flickr by the way. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29581605@N08/2766306090/

Viper007Bond · August 17th, 2008, 5:13 PM

Heh, this thread made Jalopnik.

http://jalopnik.com/400502/james-may...ed-radical-sr4

Aston Martin · August 19th, 2008, 4:24 AM

£26 per litre. :O

August 8th, 2008, 11:10 PM	#3
Old Lace Not A Dude Joined: Mar 11th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 136 Rep Power: 13	OMG JAMMMMEESSS!!!!111Eleventy! makes an unladylike snort and wanders off (And no, I don't hate James. I'm just too grumpy and evil to be a proper fangirl ;p) Last edited by Old Lace; August 8th, 2008 at 11:49 PM.

August 9th, 2008, 3:09 AM	#5
Ottobon Banned Joined: Nov 27th, 2005 Last Online: May 27th, 2009 Location: Detriot Metro Area Posts: 3,313 Car: 2 Rust buckets and a confused 1999 American. Rep Power: 0	Ethanol=Refined Moonshine. You can actually make E100 cheaper then gas, it just wont be of the same unbelievable qualities of mass E85 (which is why the prices are as high as they are) Its also worth mentioning that if you setup a engine to run strictly on ethanol you'll get the same efficiencies from it as gas, less energy per gallon (70% ish) but you can get the thermodynamic efficiencies up to a diesel beating 40%, so it balances itself out. Its also worth noting that the same car that can make 40% thermodynamic efficiency blah blah blah will also be able to make much more hp and tq from the same size engine, ethanol is really great stuff if you work with it, but as a "flex-fuel" option its unbelievably terrible at the moment. Biodiesel is very much the same so far as local refining vs mass refining goes. You can make it for as little as 80 cents a gallon (refined) it just won't be as ungodly sparkling clean as commercial biodiesel. Still good enough to run atleast as long as diesel, just not a internal engine degreaser that happens to also be a fuel, which commercial biodiesel is. Basically what i'm saying is the whole food from fuel thing can work cheap and efficiently, but to sell it to the public you have to A. Ship it all over the place and waste a lot of money and resources doing so, and B refine it to standards that surpass petroleum products. The standards are so high that one engineer told me that when they first calculated how much it would cost to produce biodiesel to the insane legal standard it was going to cost $7 a gallon, and this was back when diesel wasn't more then $3 a gallon USD. Last edited by Ottobon; August 9th, 2008 at 3:15 AM.

August 9th, 2008, 8:29 AM	#8
BlaRo Lady GaGa's #1 Fan Joined: Aug 18th, 2005 Last Online: 8:33 AM Location: Assachusetts Age: 21 Posts: 11,119 Car: 1997 Yamaha Seca II, 1976 Honda CB550F Rep Power: 357	Runs on booze, you say? First thing that came to mind: __________________ "It is impossible to describe this kind of performance to the uninitiated. Telling a traffic officer or a safety crusader like Ralph Nader that 100 mph can be safe is like reading the Constitution to a Maoist; it is a strange and hostile concept." -Brock Yates. The body was accidentally unearthed from a shallow grave by construction workers. Because of Parkinson's.

August 16th, 2008, 7:54 AM	#13
LindenChase Not A Dude Joined: Nov 28th, 2007 Last Online: 5:37 PM Posts: 947 Rep Power: 63	Nothing to do with the Islay experiment, but I thought it to be too good not to post here. So he's not using his own Rolls, probably remembered the godawful mess Oz made in the Jag. Found it on Flickr by the way. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29581605@N08/2766306090/

August 17th, 2008, 5:13 PM	#14
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 9:21 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,182 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 292	Heh, this thread made Jalopnik. http://jalopnik.com/400502/james-may...ed-radical-sr4 __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

August 8th, 2008, 11:04 PM	#2
Labcoatguy Joined: Mar 27th, 2005 Last Online: 2:21 PM Location: Boston, MA Age: 26 Posts: 4,220 Car: A Jaaaaaaaag. Rep Power: 210	The caravan is strapped to a "Corniche convertible"? Methinks somebody didn't check facts before writing that article. In before the hordes of May groupies squeeing over his rocker look.

August 15th, 2008, 8:45 AM	#9
Lindstrim Joined: Nov 18th, 2007 Last Online: November 5th, 2009 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 17 Car: Toyota Corrola 1994 Rep Power: 0	Dosent Prince Charles run his DB7? on wine? Clarkson made a crack during the news about it when it broke down or something along those lines?

August 15th, 2008, 11:39 AM	#11
LindenChase Not A Dude Joined: Nov 28th, 2007 Last Online: 5:37 PM Posts: 947 Rep Power: 63	http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/...-a-difference- The Daily Express are seriously lagging behind. This was in the "newspaper" today.

August 19th, 2008, 4:24 AM	#15
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