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Originally Posted by Ed the Coastie
It's practically a given in the T2K universe that at some point the PCs are going to be fueling their vehicles through the production of an alcohol still. My question is -- how realistically practical is this? Can you really run, say, even a HMMWV effectively on moonshine? What about something heavier, such as an M113...or (more importantly from the point of view of my PCs) the M4E8 Sherman that had been sitting as a monument in a city park for a half-century and had been recently refurbished.
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Rebuilding a 50-year-old Sherman?
You might find this website interesting (especially the photos)
http://www.sandstone-estates.com/int...ank/index.html
These people found that that the original radial engine would not be repairable after 50 years, so fitting a Meredes Benz diesel engine was the best alternative. I think they used a local copy of the OM422 which is used in trucks and yachts. Maybe your players can get one from a city bus?
Bio-diesel can be made from a variety of sources (including animal fat). It might be worth using Google to do some research on this