my dad had some moonshine he was going to sell the next day in his trunk of our car we went to my grandmas house and forgot to get gas and we stayed late at momos house and we ran out by the cemetery at about 1030 at night my mom started yelling get that moonshine in that tank and dont ever run that tank empty with kids in car so he was mad but put 2 gallons of shine in that tank and we drove home on 180 proof shine in my moms 69. chevelle , my dad yelling this is the most expensive drive I ever made , that car drove like a dream I still laugh when I think of this I thought someone might like this to true story
you should name the car 'greg.' just lowercase and the period so it sounds underwhelming, and youd have to pause for a sec whenever you say its name because of the period
The reason was because of a design flaw that (with the slightest of impacts) would drive a piece of metal into the gas tank, generating a TON of heat and steel sparks on the way. If the gas tank was 60% full or less, the fumes in the tank would explode. If over that amount, it tended to light the gas on fire and you bvrn3d @live in your car. Ford knew, and decided it was cheaper to let people die than do a recall. They didn't count on some bad odds though, when a family of 5 were in a Pinto that got rear-ended on a mostly-full tank right in front of a guy who was playing around with his 8mm camera. (this was the 70s, long before people normally walked around with any kind of recording media or had corner store security cameras outside the building). So the news had video of a family of a family with little kids screaming as they r0@st3d @l!ve in a Ford Pinto, and the publicity caused Ford stock to TANK. They were legally forced to do a recall and install a metal plate thick enough to stop the defect from puncturing the gas tank (the plate both was back then and is now a common feature to prevent exactly this, but Ford wanted to cheap out and save the less-than-1-dollar per car cost of doing so and saving lives). But yeah, we know EXACTLY why they explode. Gutsy to run tests with a 70s Pinto though, LOTS of them never went in for the free plate, as it meant spending days or weeks without your car and more than a few people didn't want to spend that long without transportation.
One reason the pure methanol didn't work as well as the ethanol (Everclear) is that the stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio is lower for methanol than ethanol (and ethanol's is even lower than gasoline). Pump gas has a stoichiometric AFR of about 14.7:1, ethanol has 9:1, and methanol has 6.4:1. If you restrict the airflow to the engine by, for example, applying the choke, or if you increase the size of the jets on the carburetor, it may run quite well on methanol or ethanol.
Also, you’ll never get over 98% ish alcohol/methanol. Pure alcohol is so hydroscopic it will pull moisture from anything it comes in contact with. Including what you’re trying to distill it from.
@@856Dropout If you use molecular sieves or salts you can get the last part out. Just need to keep it from being exposed to a high humidity environment before sealing it.
this feels like something people would genuinely be testing in an apocalypse or something "i swear im not fucking with you! everclear is a perfect replacement fuel in a pinch- of course theres gonna be problems but its better than ditching your ride, come back to find it gone or stripped"
@@googleuser6635 Starters usually do get hot with operation and can't run continuously. A starter is an electric motor, yes. A very power-hungry and strong one at that
Call it The Bean Machine. 1. Because Pinto beans. 2. Because that thing is an absolute UNIT for running after sitting that long AND your tests... (not sure how long that engine's gonna last now though)
Theres a snaps in Germany were I live it's called "Stroh 80" because it has 80% Alc and its normaly used for baking or in some rare cases Cocktails but you can drink it(If youre brave enough).
loved the video. Some advice, install some sort of simultaneous fuel system it could be something as simple as a dripper into the carburetor. so you don't burn that starter and fly wheel up messing with the Alternatives you can start it on gasoline and then feed in the alternative fuel while the vehicle is still running instead of using the starter to try to start it on the alternative fuel to begin with
This reminds of that scene in Back to the Future 3 when Marty and doc are trying to use whiskey to start the delorean because Marty ripped the fuel line earlier in the movie
Best excuse you can ever have if you get caught drinking while driving. "No Officer. You got it all wrong. This is my backup gasoline for my car! I swear!"
The stories about older cars running on alcohol in a pinch were because the typical compression, ignition timing, and octane were generally different in those vehicles! You really could run an older vehicle (sometimes) on alcohol. Carburetor, of course, is necessary. Modern cars tend to absolutely not run on alcohol first and foremost due to ignition timing, even though a modern vehicle will adjust ignition timing based on the perceived combust-ability of the fuel it's receiving.
I ran my old International Harvester pickup on neat xylene once when I ran out of gas in a bad spot. I needed to use ether to get it going, it was cold out, and the exhaust smelled *really weird*, but it dealt with it like a champ and got me home.
try running it on rubbing alcohol, highest concentration of alcohol you can buy outright. you can buy lab grade 200 proof ethanol but that is incredibly pricey and may require a license. even if you didnt need a license, you would likely get some fbi attention if you bought enough 200 proof ethanol to run a car off of. edit: Lab Alley's website says no federal license needed, but still pricey
You should have used some NITRO METHANE. Nothing like the smell of nitro in the morning, sure the exhaust feels like mustard gas in the eyes and throat but that'll give that Pinto some pep.
If I remember correctly, aren’t the gasses actually toxic? Like respirator bad? I remember something about ken blocks honicorn v2 needing a full face helmet with fresh oxygen blowing in or something
@@lucassvedlund3851 A respirator would be a good idea, you won't last long in a nitro methane exhaust cloud, but as a kid at the NHRA dragstrip we only used hearing protection. All depends how close you are and which way the wind is blowing.
@@paul.phillips okay, then it was probably just so bad because that thing was spewing it out right in front of him and he could easily be in a cloud of it
Never drink anything with methanol in it. Though ethanol and methanol are both alcohols, ethanol is distilled from grain, and is relatively safe to consume, methanol is distilled from wood, and is poison. Besides making you very sick, methanol can cause blindness. It is a good idea never to consume any alcohol other than ethanol, because you never know what alcohols they mixed to make that product, or what else they added to it. Even a product that contains ethanol may have additives that could mess with your system, like mouthwash or hand sanitizer. Just play it safe, and only drink alcohol meant for human consumption.
Can you run a car on Jack? Sure... if you want to add a mixture of about 50% water to your tank. Just know that water isn't exactly flammable, and internal combustion engines kind of rely on that property for, you know... combustion...
Yes. Generally you want to up the jets like 2 sizes on a a carburetor so it will burn alcohol instead of gas, But Jack is low proof and high sugar. so you might have to go up more, unless you plan to refine it, or add gass or more pure alcohol. It will run for a while, but the real problem is the sugar. Sugar Carnalizes when you cook it. if you think valve deposits are bad with cheap gas, Wait till youre cooking sugar in with youre cylinders . Oh and for the record, its perfectly leagle to brew shine as a car fuel, but you have to add like 5 percent (i cant remember the exact amount) Gasoline to it, This makes it Undrinkable, and not taxable by the ATF.. It also means you dont have to discard the leads or trailers on the distill. If youre brewing alcohol in the quantities needed to fuel a car, The ATF will find out, and its best not to have more than a couple of quarts of pure stuff lying around.
my dad had some moonshine he was going to sell the next day in his trunk of our car we went to my grandmas house and forgot to get gas and we stayed late at momos house and we ran out by the cemetery at about 1030 at night my mom started yelling get that moonshine in that tank and dont ever run that tank empty with kids in car so he was mad but put 2 gallons of shine in that tank and we drove home on 180 proof shine in my moms 69. chevelle , my dad yelling this is the most expensive drive I ever made , that car drove like a dream I still laugh when I think of this I thought someone might like this to true story
Hahahahaha
@@WaterjetChannel after 5 months bro still pinned
I could smell the chewing tobacco and three day old overalls while reading that.
69 chevelle is so cool to hear hecuase I’m a younger person and have one and it’s cool to see that people liked them
@@ZEDITZ392 well thats how pins works.......
you should name the car 'greg.' just lowercase and the period so it sounds underwhelming, and youd have to pause for a sec whenever you say its name because of the period
greg is Danny gonzalez' thing
"so we're going to take greg. On a hot lap of our local test track. Can greg. Be competitive against true racecars?
Ever drunk baileys from a shoe?
@@Fuck_YT ngl, I don't even know who that is
@@TriXt3R_ search bar, lel
I love how he buys the car infamous for exploding for absolutely no reason and them proceeds to torture the engine
The reason was because of a design flaw that (with the slightest of impacts) would drive a piece of metal into the gas tank, generating a TON of heat and steel sparks on the way.
If the gas tank was 60% full or less, the fumes in the tank would explode. If over that amount, it tended to light the gas on fire and you bvrn3d @live in your car.
Ford knew, and decided it was cheaper to let people die than do a recall.
They didn't count on some bad odds though, when a family of 5 were in a Pinto that got rear-ended on a mostly-full tank right in front of a guy who was playing around with his 8mm camera. (this was the 70s, long before people normally walked around with any kind of recording media or had corner store security cameras outside the building).
So the news had video of a family of a family with little kids screaming as they r0@st3d @l!ve in a Ford Pinto, and the publicity caused Ford stock to TANK.
They were legally forced to do a recall and install a metal plate thick enough to stop the defect from puncturing the gas tank (the plate both was back then and is now a common feature to prevent exactly this, but Ford wanted to cheap out and save the less-than-1-dollar per car cost of doing so and saving lives).
But yeah, we know EXACTLY why they explode.
Gutsy to run tests with a 70s Pinto though, LOTS of them never went in for the free plate, as it meant spending days or weeks without your car and more than a few people didn't want to spend that long without transportation.
@@TheKhopeshgoddamn didnt expect a full blown explanation of that comment but I’m glad there is, always cool to learn smth new
@@TheKhopesh you could just type burn alive. its not difficult.
@@TheKhopesh So in theory he could just mod the car to make it safer and not have to worry about this?
@@IamGrimalkinwith a thick enough plate I assume so
Trying to explain to the officers that my cars drunk, not me
Lmao
All those open -empty- containers of Ever clear?
I'm not driving under the influence, I'm driving the influence.
"Officer! All the open containers are on the *outside* of the car!"
Well you better not drink methanol because one big gulp of that and you is dead
One reason the pure methanol didn't work as well as the ethanol (Everclear) is that the stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio is lower for methanol than ethanol (and ethanol's is even lower than gasoline). Pump gas has a stoichiometric AFR of about 14.7:1, ethanol has 9:1, and methanol has 6.4:1. If you restrict the airflow to the engine by, for example, applying the choke, or if you increase the size of the jets on the carburetor, it may run quite well on methanol or ethanol.
Yes definitely need to re-jet the carb for the different fuel types
Also, you’ll never get over 98% ish alcohol/methanol. Pure alcohol is so hydroscopic it will pull moisture from anything it comes in contact with. Including what you’re trying to distill it from.
@@856Dropout I think the limit is 96%, last time I checked. Could have been improved though.
@@potatosordfighter666 I didn’t know the exact number. Just that it was in the high 90’s
@@856Dropout If you use molecular sieves or salts you can get the last part out. Just need to keep it from being exposed to a high humidity environment before sealing it.
@6:47 - AHEM! That bottle was FULL when you bought it! 🤪
He hoped you didn't notice.
this feels like something people would genuinely be testing in an apocalypse or something
"i swear im not fucking with you! everclear is a perfect replacement fuel in a pinch- of course theres gonna be problems but its better than ditching your ride, come back to find it gone or stripped"
That starter is the real MVP here
Literally said the same thing as we watched it do nothing but PERFORM
I was thinking the same thing about half way through. Like damn lol
We used a starter to power a go-kart. The started ran fine. The 12V battery kept going dead. The starter is just an electric motor.
@@googleuser6635 well yeah…still a champ here, I’ve burn out starters by putting too much load on them.
@@googleuser6635 Starters usually do get hot with operation and can't run continuously.
A starter is an electric motor, yes. A very power-hungry and strong one at that
This feels like the early days of Mythbusters and I'm here for it lol
Yeah, I remember the episode where Jamie Hyneman drank wiper fluid.
Man, you took me right back to 2010 when you mentioned Mythbusters. :) Also, rest in peace to Mr. Imahara. Grant made the show run well.
@@thatguyalex2835 ❤ yes rest in peace grant😊
My friend fell asleep and drove a pinto just like that thru 2 telephone poles and still had to shut the engine off.
you're lucky you never got rear-ended
*passed out.
Jack sparrow? Runs on alcohol and bad jokes
Sputtercup sounds like a fitting name
Never thought I would ever say this, but congrats on the Pinto, clean unit!
Some drivers run on jack daniels.
props to that starter lasting that long 🤣🤣
Call it The Bean Machine.
1. Because Pinto beans.
2. Because that thing is an absolute UNIT for running after sitting that long AND your tests... (not sure how long that engine's gonna last now though)
I think just "bean"
i think greg.
It hasn't been sitting that long.
You should name the car "Pinto McPintoface"
Pintoroonie Pintomeister.
Theres a snaps in Germany were I live it's called "Stroh 80" because it has 80% Alc and its normaly used for baking or in some rare cases Cocktails but you can drink it(If youre brave enough).
would you believe me if I told you I was just in Austria?
@@WaterjetChannel Actually yes
in most places of the world that'd be abused so readily as hard alcohol. I can only presume you have cheaper alternatives :p
@@tsm688 Hand Sanitizer
@@WaterjetChannel Poland has 95% spirit that people legit drink anddd it's at every store, i would know because i live in poland haha
Liquor Mc'Acetone Face
With the glass jars on the front, you made the Pinto flammable upon a front end collision as well
The inside of that engine probably has so many pre-ignition marks and scoring on the cylinders. Probably needs new rings after this as well 😂
Whoops
You should name the car Josh. It's red and aged...like a fine Josh wine.
I run on Jack Daniel's, might as well see if my truck can too.
Name her the Red Barron
The Red Karen for being so temperamental. She should just be happy with what she gets instead of throwing a sputtering fit…
Those brothers are opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to creativity!
For the memes we need to name it pintomcpintoface
loved the video.
Some advice, install some sort of simultaneous fuel system it could be something as simple as a dripper into the carburetor. so you don't burn that starter and fly wheel up messing with the Alternatives you can start it on gasoline and then feed in the alternative fuel while the vehicle is still running instead of using the starter to try to start it on the alternative fuel to begin with
At 1:48 a name for your Pinto: "Little Red Pin-Toe"
Should call the Pinto 'Fireball' 😊
When Mythbusters tried it, they needed 92 proof alcohol to run a car
You can run on 50%, you just need to inject twice the fuel
That starter hates you guys
Ford may not know how to engineer a car, but damn they sure can engineer a starter.
That starter motor is the real star.
The tube for the rum was never inserted all the way from the beginning. I caught it, but I assumed you guys would take care of the issue off-screen.
Destroying engine like that should be considered a war crime
It's a pinto....
4:37 My ground school teacher described a 4 stroke engine as "suck, squeeze, bang, blow" and the whole class laughed for 2 mins, lol
That 69% rum should be used for higher compression engines, it’s got a lower combustion rate
Ppl must remember that the reason these liquors have a unique taste is because there is a certain percentage of juice in them
We need more videos like this. Lmao i havent laughed so hard in a hot minute
this takes drunk driving to a whole new level
12:06 "how to edge a car"... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ... Genuine lol !!
Vodka got me home once. The new carburetor came later.
Name the car BERTHA, all caps
Who hurt you bro🥲
"Big BERTHA" for the lols
The thing that has to be taken into account with the alcohol, is the fact that it leans out the air/fuel mixture.
What an amazing use of a waterjet machine 😂
11:04 I think NileRed wont agree with the 100% Ethanol statement but I really like the vid :D Keep it up guys
GG on the starter and battery
"no officer I dont have any open containers of alcohol IN the car"
This reminds of that scene in Back to the Future 3 when Marty and doc are trying to use whiskey to start the delorean because Marty ripped the fuel line earlier in the movie
Best excuse you can ever have if you get caught drinking while driving.
"No Officer. You got it all wrong. This is my backup gasoline for my car! I swear!"
The stories about older cars running on alcohol in a pinch were because the typical compression, ignition timing, and octane were generally different in those vehicles! You really could run an older vehicle (sometimes) on alcohol. Carburetor, of course, is necessary. Modern cars tend to absolutely not run on alcohol first and foremost due to ignition timing, even though a modern vehicle will adjust ignition timing based on the perceived combust-ability of the fuel it's receiving.
I ran my old International Harvester pickup on neat xylene once when I ran out of gas in a bad spot. I needed to use ether to get it going, it was cold out, and the exhaust smelled *really weird*, but it dealt with it like a champ and got me home.
@12:05 "had to edge the car" 😂😂😂😂
Guess the car is not a Pinto, but a Ford Edge instead. Oh wait, the Edge is a boring SUV that looks like every other car on the road in 2024.
I love the pinto man, I have a '79 myself. Crazy that a car that was once everywhere is now so rare.
I think after this video you should rename the pinto the the pint'o
This
Dude puts ethenol in a car and is surprised when it runs 😂
2:11 say that again?
Sounds like a great podcast
that one unemployed friend on a tuesday
1:24 Camel Towing
i like how they drank half of the jack before the experiment
Pinto McPintoFace Jr.
"Do you want the leaded, the unleaded or the desil?"
"I'll just take the everclear thank you."
try running it on rubbing alcohol, highest concentration of alcohol you can buy outright. you can buy lab grade 200 proof ethanol but that is incredibly pricey and may require a license. even if you didnt need a license, you would likely get some fbi attention if you bought enough 200 proof ethanol to run a car off of.
edit: Lab Alley's website says no federal license needed, but still pricey
There is ethanol fuel you can buy without the need for any certification. It is called E85 and contains 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.
finally something to link my wife when i spend our life savings on jack daniels
Josh says: "Your engine oil is MINE!"
You should have used some NITRO METHANE. Nothing like the smell of nitro in the morning, sure the exhaust feels like mustard gas in the eyes and throat but that'll give that Pinto some pep.
If I remember correctly, aren’t the gasses actually toxic? Like respirator bad? I remember something about ken blocks honicorn v2 needing a full face helmet with fresh oxygen blowing in or something
@@lucassvedlund3851 A respirator would be a good idea, you won't last long in a nitro methane exhaust cloud, but as a kid at the NHRA dragstrip we only used hearing protection. All depends how close you are and which way the wind is blowing.
@@paul.phillips okay, then it was probably just so bad because that thing was spewing it out right in front of him and he could easily be in a cloud of it
me at 3am: I don't need sleep, I need answers
Why did I watch this?
Its cool
I had a new idea for the water jet videos, do you know the Pelton turbine, that could be quite interesting
at these pressures there's not much difference between a pelton wheel and any other wheel, they all work
“Do you know why I pulled you over, sir?”
“I’m driving drunk. Well, not _me_ but the car. Just stick the breathalyzer by the exhaust.”
Just random strolling and saw this on my recommended page and watched the whole thing lmao
You should have tried running it on mold release, but you probably don't have any of that around
I liked this one. Well done. An alarming amount of effort from you boys really.
Oh no Dan don’t drink that lol
Never drink anything with methanol in it. Though ethanol and methanol are both alcohols, ethanol is distilled from grain, and is relatively safe to consume, methanol is distilled from wood, and is poison. Besides making you very sick, methanol can cause blindness. It is a good idea never to consume any alcohol other than ethanol, because you never know what alcohols they mixed to make that product, or what else they added to it. Even a product that contains ethanol may have additives that could mess with your system, like mouthwash or hand sanitizer. Just play it safe, and only drink alcohol meant for human consumption.
Dude,just how many starter-cables and starters did You burn through in this video!?!? LOL.
The Penturd
Props to the battery. Idk how on earth did it survive that many back to back starts
Gin-Toe
How about calling it "The Big Red Pinto Jelly Bean"? 🤣
Pinto Mcpintoface
Can you run a car on Jack? Sure... if you want to add a mixture of about 50% water to your tank. Just know that water isn't exactly flammable, and internal combustion engines kind of rely on that property for, you know... combustion...
dude looks like he should be reviewing anime, not running a pinto on hard liquor. Respect
Great video to show the world a big answer we did need to know after all!
Love the FORD PINTO... I'm jealous!
I think bean as in pinto bean. This feels like early mythbusters loving this can't wait to see what's next
Imagine gas as expensive as jack daniels
I just feel bad for that poor starter
Ive been wanting a Pinto ever since i was a kid. Idk what to name it, but I had to watch this video.
Keith
Anything can run on Jack Daniel's if you have enough of it.
Haha, just before you gave the banned name my brain said "Pinty McPintoface". I know its overused but its still funny to me.
the car looks like the satsuma from my summer car
You guys are ruining a perfectly good Pinto!... Outstanding!!! 🤣
Reminds me of the dukes of hazard. Roscoe couldn't find where they hid the shine... lol it was in the gas tank the whole time....
Bros the hood version of nile red 😂 luv this
the car should be named skibidi hak tuah
do it
do it
do it
do it
do it
Yes. Generally you want to up the jets like 2 sizes on a a carburetor so it will burn alcohol instead of gas, But Jack is low proof and high sugar. so you might have to go up more, unless you plan to refine it, or add gass or more pure alcohol. It will run for a while, but the real problem is the sugar. Sugar Carnalizes when you cook it. if you think valve deposits are bad with cheap gas, Wait till youre cooking sugar in with youre cylinders .
Oh and for the record, its perfectly leagle to brew shine as a car fuel, but you have to add like 5 percent (i cant remember the exact amount) Gasoline to it, This makes it Undrinkable, and not taxable by the ATF.. It also means you dont have to discard the leads or trailers on the distill.
If youre brewing alcohol in the quantities needed to fuel a car, The ATF will find out, and its best not to have more than a couple of quarts of pure stuff lying around.
I mean, I can. But the cops don't like it when I do
props on the credit scene.
Wake up guys, techrax is back