Sorry, no write-up. But it was this simple;
Unplug the fuel injectors, plug the harness and injectors from the jeep into the harness for the converter. Connect to ground. Done.
I left a meesage for the guy who made me the black box, I'm not sure what he is calling it or if he has a web site yet. It was one of the first ones he was making on his own, he used to work for another company but went out on his own since he was the brains of the operation.
In terms of cost of fuel, it sounds like I'm not getting as good of a deal as you guys in MO. It is still cheaper than reg87, and like I said I'll pay the same if not a little more just to keep the money in the country and not sending it to the mid east. I live in one of the highest price regions for any type of fuel, so anything helps.
Thanks xj&tj4me for weighing in with an educated opinion on crops. It seems that everyone who lives outside the midwest are always soooo much more knowledgeable about farming than those who actually do it.
If you live on the east or west coast, then it seems ethanol will not be a good option for you. I live in Illinois, we have hundreds of miles of corn in every direction, so it makes sense for me. And as long as my taxes are paying those subsides, I'm taking advantage of them. All of the rest of you can thank me for not using the gasoline you need for your jeep. Thats called supply and demand, I'm lowering demand, you all benifit, you are welcome.
And in terms of ethanol raising the cost of food....
Here's a thought, maybe the cost of a barrel of oil (which is what they make the fuel to power the farming vehicles that plant, harvest and transport the crops) being around a $100 a barrel, has something to do with it.
I'm getting an increase in power, no doubt about it. And that in turn makes me drive more aggresively which gives me a little wores miliage. I'm sure if I drove more conservitivly I would get the same miliage. Also its been really snowy here all winter so I've had it in Full-Time 4x4 for most of the time which doesn't help either.
Look all and all like I said it's probably a wash. I'm sure the cost of the conversion and using a little more fuel (which again is my own doing) makes the savings on fuel cost all come out the same. But like I said, its about keeping the money in the country and maybe even the state.
Oh and one last thing, maybe if more people use ethanol and there is more of a demand, they will have a reason to figure out a way to make it out of switch grass and other plants that are not food. Right now there is far too much ignorance and big oil spend millions exploiting it for there own benifit.
Follow the money, who benifits if we use ethanol? Everyone but the oil companies.
And God forbid hill-dog or obama get into office, I wouldn't be suprised if they made jeeps illegal. Or forced them to get such good gas mileage that they were just plastic bubbles w/four-banger motors... scary stuff for us gearheads...
