MVD - Montreal Vdubbing

jacquesthemonkey · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:42 am Post subject: March break

Who's on March break this week?
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BluebandiTTa · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:50 am Post subject:

Me! But it's for the whole month Razz

hellseeker · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:09 am Post subject:

i hate you
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akrallysport · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:41 pm Post subject:

I had my week off last week... now back to writing reports for my engineering & enviro sustainability class... ugh. Evil or Very Mad

jacquesthemonkey · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject:

akrallysport · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:44 pm Post subject:

Not when you're writing a paper on biobutanol produced from biomass producing equivalent power (more torque) in an internal combustion engine with none of the negatives of ethanol. 95% reduction in exhaust emissions doesn't hurt either. However, I'll have a section on its development in the motorsport industry. Twisted Evil

jacquesthemonkey · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject:

MK3NORTH · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject:

akrallysport · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:46 pm Post subject:

It's actually an alcohol based fuel that is less corrosive than ethanol and has nearly the same specific energy as gasoline.

Gasoline 115 000 BTU/gal
Butanol 105 000 BTU/gal
Ethanol 85 000 BTU/gal

Therefore, it's nearly a 1:1 replacement for gasoline. The EPA has authorized it's use to be blended, much like ethanol is right now (most of the pump gas in the US is E10). The trouble is finding ways to avoid producing it from petroleum and use waste biomass instead. It's not that readily available for the time being, but to give you an idea of its potential, BP has invested heavily in its research. Heck, it's good enough to power the Dyson Racing Lola Mazda in the American LeMans Series. It's only listed as 86-octane, but cranks out 500bhp from a 2.0L inline-4 turbo.
http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/STAGING/global_assets/e_s_assets/e_s_assets_2008/downloads/bp_biofuels_biobutanol_factsheet_BP_Final.pdf

aikejon · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject:

We're off this coming week. I have a question... last year I drove a van for my daughter's exchange trip and we parked along a harbourfront park with a railway going parallel to the road and the waterfront right the middle. It was only a block or two walk to Old Montreal... there was some sort of Pirate Exhibit going on nearby. Can anyone tell the me the name of that park? I was just following the other vans and buses and so I didn't really get to pay attention to where I was going.

I'd like to take the family back there, and maybe to the Biodome. Gotta love those penguins.

Fwiw, if anyone knows the name of the sugarbush just east of the Ontario border (about 5 miles off the highway) I'd hug you...or not hug you depending on your preference... Smile

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aikejon · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:06 pm Post subject:

Found it.... Quai Victoria.