I didn't go and search it but I think that Edee had wrote about some sort of home made refining process when he was playing with waste oil? Go to the Listeroid section and find his post called Listeroid Chronicles.

I went through it a while back. I remember talk about distilling not being able to remove the additives from somewhere online??? I can't remember 100% so I will search and read when I have some time. Right now I am getting ready to move to Missouri from northern Utah. It been sad having my motor apart in pieces all boxed up.

I simple test would be to distill a quart or so and just burn it in clean container. If its successful, there will be no ash left behind. If it works then that would be a fantastic "free" fuel source. I will test it out some day unless someone else beats me to it.

How about some rockwool insulation on the motor to keep it warm?

First check I would do is to make sure its consistent all the way around. Mine is not. Its tight in one spot and loose in another. I think my Cam is bent.

Obviously keith71 has never seen or worked on one of the wonderful products fron India.

Good luck with that !

Gary

Yea, my DES already had a wrong piston, etching on one of the lifters, bent camshaft, used cylinder bore...and I haven't even assembled it yet....

I'm sure my list will grow but I will make it a good runner once its done...

I was taught crossing the boundary layer was a no no and one must keep the flow laminar. Now your telling me turbulence is ok at the boundary layer. I feel like I may have missed out by avoiding the port altogether..Oh well I'm married now and don't have to worry about getting turbulent in the port.

WOW 38ac, thats a pretty big difference is size. I'm starting to wonder if the original lister team was focusing on some modified atkinson cycle type gains with this motor. Less compression ratio(low intake volume) vs expansion ratio. Thats one thing I love about the motor is the RPM / HP vs Displacement. Leaves lots of time to absorb the energy and keeps the numbers high for such an old design.

You are right though, best way to get more power is to go with a twin. I'm picking up an 16/2 as soon as the budget allows for my gen head. Then I can use my 8/1 for my low RPM always on axial flux CHP. Who says you only need one motor? I missed that rule. I'll just tell the wife the other motor was getting lonely....

Here, what is called "steel wool" is hair fine fibers of steel, which actually burn and rust up real easy. 

Something from a boat yard called Brass Wool (for scrubbing finish and crud off boats without leaving iron bits to create rust streaks) wouldn't oxidize as fast, but may melt from heat.   Maybe stainless wool ?  or something like coarse stainless chips & spirals from a machine lathe

Mike,

I know you posted this a while ago but if your looking for a high temp wick, ceramic fibers work really well. The alcohol stove folks use it all the time.

Veggie, you have so many cool engines.

That water pump you have on there may have a longer life if you rotate it 90 degrees so the impeller/magnets ride on the ceramic shaft. Also, im curious what temps it see's with this setup. I've worked with many of those pumps. Is it a 2 phase or 3?

I love your builds