Louisville, Kentucky. Finally we're here and getting the car converted to run on straight vegetable oil at the Good Oil Boys. It turns out that actually it's just one aussie guy - somehow I imagined two brothers drinking beer and eating hot browns (what is a hot brown you're wondering - next post). They had gotten our vegetable oil conversion tank in the mail, set our car up on a lift and got to work. Basically they installed a new 12 gallon tank in the trunk where the spare tire usually sits, and ran new fuel lines and injectors throughout the engine. I love how greasecar sells you the kit and tells you it's a DIY job. Yeah right! I kept remembering that as I watched two mechanics slave over the conversion all day. Then I imagined if Ragnar and I had tried to do it ourselves - I would have lasted about as far as taking the kit out of the box. Here are some pictures of our car with it's new duds. If you're planning on converting your car yourself to run on vegetable oil, DIY means Difficult If You're (a professional mechanic.) Just look at the expression of the mechanic's face as he's opening up that box full of fuel hoses - he looks daunted.
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