11-01-2007, 11:53 AM
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Drives: '94 Red/Black Z/28
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Grand Forks, ND
Posts: 69
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
Anybody remember the Eco-rocket, or "green monster"?: The 60's/70 Impala retro-fitted with a biodiesel engine and tranny? This seems to be along the same lines....
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This is another part of the article and is why that Impala should sound familiar..and if you have the time the full article is a lot longer.
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Goodwin's feats of engineering have become gradually more visible over the past year. Last summer, Imperium Renewables contacted MTV's show Pimp My Ride about creating an Earth Day special in which Goodwin would convert a muscle car to run on biodiesel. The show chose a '65 Chevy Impala, and when the conversion was done, he'd doubled its mileage to 25 mpg and increased its pull from 250 to 800 horsepower. As a stunt, MTV drag-raced the Impala against a Lamborghini on California's Pomona Raceway. "The Impala blew the Lamborghini away," says Kevin Kluemper, the lead calibration engineer for GM's Allison transmission unit, who'd flown down to help with the conversion. Schwarzenegger, who was on the set that day, asked Goodwin on the spot to convert his Wagoneer to biodiesel.
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