2007 2K Cross Country Trip

 National Agricultural Biotechnology Council

19^th Annual Conference

Brookings SD

We left Columbus about 9:00,  (87,275) and made Urbana (87,590) and Champaign about 2 and then met with Hans Blaschek and some of his students for a tour of their facility and some picture opportunities with the Buick.  At 70 to 80 miles an hour on 100% butanol we saw 23.5 miles per gallon, the trunk was full of butanol jerry cans about 400 pounds worth.

 Steve Ramey (Throttle), David Ramey, Eric Jones, Hans Blaschek

A great little article of our visit with Dr. Hans Blaschek can be viewed at: Urbana.pdf

   Later we headed for Peoria and spent the night.

 We met with Nasib Qureshi the next morning and had some picture taken at the USDA research facility there.

Stephen Hughes, Ronald Hector, Mark Maroon, John Michael Henderson,

John Jackson, Nasib Qureshi, Xin Li, and David Ramey

Everyone was happy to fill the car with some butanol.  It was hard to break away before we headed for the long trip to Brookings, SD.

 We got in about 9 pm and toured the community and got a feel for the city.

 South Dakota University has a great campus and we were warmly welcomed.

The first day we were interviewed by radio and television

 http://www.ksfy.com/news/7638776.html  Follow the link to view video.

 The secon day David Ramey presented

                                  "Butanol the Other Alternative"-ppt

                         http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/EandS/articles/LXXI2/arnold.pdf

Thrusday we headed for Watertown, next day we tested a Harley.

 2006 Street Glide equipped with a Power Command Control Module which enabled us to adjust the fuel to air ratio.

 M&R Custom Motorcycles Inc

512 10th St. SE

Watertown, SD 57201

800-310-8093

www.maddrcustom.com

 
The first chart shows that when run with gasoline jetting butanol ran lean. 

First run no adjustments

Morry adjusted the Command Module so the air fuel ratio was 15:1. We saw the horsepower increase by 5 horse and the torque by about 7 foot pounds at up to 5,000 RPM in the second run.

Second run with adjustment

 When a blend of 50:50 gas to butanol we saw a good one to one replacement.  You could not tell the difference.
 

 Third Run 50:50 with adjustment

We left Friday at 14:00 Watertown (88,419) and headed for Blacklick, arriving  Saturday morning at 05:30 (89,492) a total of 1,073 miles in 15:30,  ~70 mph

On the way home we got an average of 24.5 mpg on a 40% butanol, 60% gasoline at 75 mph.

 My thanks to everyone for a great event and the opportunity to educate folks about butanol.

 - Fill Her Up -

www.runningonfumesfilm.com

Good luck on your interviews Jack and Larry.





Steve (Throttle) and David Ramey May 2007
Columbus to Brookings and Back
25 mpg