Can You Drive a Car on Moonshine? | MythBusters

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[@MrMurraypants]

I was hoping to see one of the hosts drink moonshine and then drive as the title lead me to believe.

[@kingpr1118]

Cazem is

[@johnnypoopoopants1080]

Robinson Joe Everclear is 190 proof, I drank 2 shots of that shit back to back and didn't get poisoned or sick or anything. But I also weigh 270 and had a high tolerance at the time. From that day forward I started calling it race fuel, cuz it tastes like shit and drys out your mouth like gas on your skin (=

[@nilasmp6907]

Johnny Poopoo pants I think Everclear did not effect you because of you body. But for others it can be dangerous. It is 95% ethanol. More than that can be lethal even for you.

[@Pseudynom]

Same.

[@hypergamergamerhyper1436]

I thot they were going to drink the moonshine

[@ikol458]

Sir, have you been drinking tonight? No, but my car has.

[@Xx0ME0xX]

Ikol23 lol

[@vaughanbaker9686]

Haha see how fast that gets you detained searched and possibly arrested

[@hmoodgt5060]

Ikol23 lolll

[@OfficialUnderDog]

Say that doesn't work I've tried

[@ILIK3HATERZ]

Ikol23 LoL Robin Williams said that. Officer : you been drinking tonight? Robin Williams: I’ve have had a few beers but my car is totally fucked up. ( car runs on ethanol)

[@jamesfackenthal]

With slight modifications you can run any car on moonshine. The problem is ethanol is not as stoimetricaly efficient as petroleum-based fuel. It is also more corrosive then petroleum-based fuels. Which is why the older vehicles didn't run properly. If you change the jetting on the carbureted 1970's vintage vehicle and change the injector size of the 90s vehicle. They would both run much much better I don't think the water being mixed in with the fuel would be an issue period at 4% and staying in suspension in the ethanol, it would be combusted along with the fuel actually turning into steam and cleaning the combustion chamber

[@cplpetergriffin1583]

That could lead to rust though

[@austrianpainterhidingfromt5920]

Keep in mind that that is the principle behind an intercooler, which is a high performance mod, so water isn't that bad. In fact, many older cars run better after a rain storm because of the humidity. Now I don't want to trigger you, I don't know if that was in your programming, but if you need to cope, just remind yourself that orange man bad. @@cplpetergriffin1583

[@BellaKarim23]

Actually the main reason the older cars didn't handle as well is because Gasoline today has ethanol mixed into it to make it burn more efficiently and create less waste. Newer cars are built to recognize this change and work with it.

[@dakotagist7526]

NPC #465949 definitely would not

[@VulpesHilarianus]

@@BellaKarim23 Ethanol infused gasoline wasn't created specifically to burn more efficiently. It was created to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while still retaining similar energy density based on now disputed studies, and as a way to subsidize corn farmers. Europe stayed with diesel because they believed diesel created noticeably less carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide (which has also now been long disproven) than ethanol. E15's no cleaner than straight 89 octane by any practical margin and the only reason it stays around is because bureaucracy moves slowly and modern electronically controlled ignition and variable valve timing make it so that the lesser energy density in E15 isn't a problem. If you notice E85 isn't even really promoted anymore because of all the studies proving it's no more efficient or clean than straight gasoline.

[@coreykeesler7014]

All it would have taken for the 70s Camaro is a flat head screwdriver and 15 min playing with the jets and you could have gotten it running well enough but I guess the said technically “not modified” but any hillbilly worth his bibs knows how to adjust a carb

[@rcangelanddemon8815]

Yeah true

[@rcangelanddemon8815]

Yeah I’m just imagining a hillbilly saying I have that car I’ll prove them wrong

[@Oridavis]

74 cuda, had to run it on Ethanol to get to the gas station once... just had to retune the carb

[@mitchhacker9595]

not a camaro but ya

[@Richey_]

@@mitchhacker9595 they’re all cameros u dope

[@Invrexs]

"Lets cover up the Chevy emblem, its not like theyll know its a Camaro"

[@RyanSmith-wc7ku]

Don't they have to for legal reasons or sum

[@Valchee9192631770]

It's like a kid covering his eyes with his hands and thinking that he's hiding.

[@cameronbishop4019]

First off my great great grandpa was a shiner and he told me all about that shiners using shine as fuel. But he did not say they used only moonshine. They used moonshine that was 80 percent shine and 20 percent gasoline it burns very fast when it is mostly moonshine or straight moonshine so they mixed it with a little bit of actual gasoline so they could stretch a gallon for almost 4 full tanks in their shine runner

[@GrantUsEyesenhower]

“Runs better on moonshine than I would!” -Kari

[@xtr56]

RIP grant you are and inspiring person who led me to seek towards science and technology we love you rest you

[@idkagoodname2118]

Damn didnt know he died til now RIP

[@dallasx1044]

@@idkagoodname2118 Jessie combs, also died. SHe was brought on when Kari was on maternity leave,

[@steveheist6426]

I like the futile attempts to make it not obvious that the "modern car" wasn't a Camaro.

[@OlivierCaron]

I thought it was a Dodge Caravan!

[@cameronbowshlagger2722]

@@OlivierCaron WHAT!?! I thought it was a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew cab!

[@thewestfire9729]

Confirmed. You can run a car on moonshine. Kari: That’s so bizarre. Me: Well...not really. It’s ethanol. Makes perfect sense

[@LetUsNotForget]

"Have you been drinking tonight" "No, but my car had about 10 gallons of moonshine. That's why I'm swerving."

[@cpkz4042]

Let Us Not Forget I'll use this excuse if I ever get pulled over😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@kylesenior]

It's not the water causing trouble, it's the 50% lower energy value of the fuel.

[@davidbergaragonzalez5653]

So shouldn´t they tune the carburetor to run more fuel rich?

[@evanulven8249]

Yes.

[@thronritter6295]

@@davidbergaragonzalez5653 It would probably run better then

[@Irmarinen]

@@thronritter6295 The test was to see if could run on UNMODIFIED car.

[@thronritter6295]

@@Irmarinen it's not a modification, you also have to adjust it when your at high altitude, or when it changes over the years.

[@Xenrel]

"Can You Drive a Car on Moonshine?" No, because drinking and driving is illegal. hahaha

[@Loebane]

That's actually the test I was expecting

[@punker4Real]

officer my car is drunk

[@6speedguy845]

Ethanol burns cooler than gasoline, not hotter.

[@darkfyy]

6speedguy84 lol fail for science channel

[@michaeldunn3088]

Also a completely clean air fuel

[@krap101]

6speedguy84 All other things being equal yes, but it allows for higher compression before autoignition so you can end up running it much hotter, which is why higher power cars tend to run e85+

[@heyboy33333]

truie, but the stored energy in a gallon of ethanol is much less than a gallon of gas, so your MPG and distance traveled on a full tank would be less. Also, in cold weather area, it doesnt perform so well until the engine gets to operating temp.

[@57fitter]

10 percent less

[@Redrocket3394]

I use it to help start my cars in the winter, both carbed and injected, but what I use isn't what you get at a liquor store lol and it's more than 195 proof, and after tearing down engines that have recently run on White lightning they seem to have been cleaner than running on 93 octane. Also note that the movies that they mentioned used moonshine in a pinch when running out of gas, as opposed to running daily

[@TheGrindcorps]

I run my car on E85 and it wasn’t originally flex fuel. I could run it on more. In Brazil cars run on almost pure ethanol.

[@jlangley317]

No you don’t. You can tune the engine to run on ethanol but I promise you won’t start any engine that is capable of running gasoline on ethanol in the winter when it’s cold. Period. Even in the summer , if you convert a gas engine over to run ethanol, you’ll have to start it on gas or starting fluid to get it running.

[@christophersolares7998]

wtf why is grant wearing eyeliner

[@rjgthuro]

Christopher Solares I thought my eyes were deceiving me haha

[@MrDrury27]

they dressed up to fit with their cars except kari because she drove a present day car

[@Mimocool67]

iTheGeek Someone wasn't alive in the 90's... you.

[@Dover939]

90s punk theme

[@zaggrukk8644]

I was alive in the 90's and I never saw a dude wearing eyeliner. I never wore any either. Even The Goth dudes didn't. Around here anyways. I knew plenty of people into punk as well. And none of them wore any kind of makeup, during that era.

[@manw3bttcks]

What I want to know is why the starting of the engine is affected at all. If they simply poured moonshine in the tank, the engine, fuel lines and pump are all still full of gasoline. It would take a lap or two around the track to use up the gas and pump actual moonshine to the engine.

[@0xGRIDRUNR]

ethanol has a lower energy density than traditional hydrocarbon based fuels, so you need more of the fuel combusting in the cylinders to get the engine up to idling speed from the cranking speed. On a car tuned for consuming ethanol, specifically E85, the stuff you would see at a gas station, it wouldn't be a problem. But on a car tuned for regular hydrocarbon based fuels, its going to expect to use less fuel to start the car, so you need to crank it longer. This video is a great resource for more information if you're curious kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp-ze3h_a6ahkJI

[@user-1281]

they might have run it to purge the remaining fuel from the fuel lines

[@sleevelessgaming7312]

The best way to do this woulda been have a direct line from the fuel line instead of the tank itself, mixing up the fumes of gasoline and moonshine are approximately the same heated exposer

[@iannickCZ]

It was told, that russian cars can run on vodka...

[@rinker9227]

Well it russian emmision regulation must be vodka compaitable

[@MiaKhalifa-ff8ke]

Well the lada cold run on 76 octane

[@uhohhotdog151]

@@MiaKhalifa-ff8ke the lower octane is actually more volitile. Thats why you get ping when you run 87 in cars that require premium.

[@lukecy8187]

No, no, I said that Russians *drive* cars *on* vodka.

[@mirisch64]

Pizdezh!

[@DolanOk]

RIP Grant Imahara :( You will be missed.

[@paul_109]

In engines with caburetors some of the water from the moonshine remains in the carb, so eventually the engine will stop ruinning. In cars with injectors all the moonshine (with the water) is injected into the engine, so the engine will (theoretically) keep running as long as there is enough alcohol in the moonshine to be able to combust. The engines struggle to start because Ethanol burns much slower than petrol, so the air/fuel mixture needs to be very rich for the car to start

[@darienbarth3191]

Why was every car a camaro? Just so they couldn't argue one preformed better because it's a different model?

[@karlknueppel2640]

Darien Barth each car was a Camaro because that’s part of a controlled experiment, reducing the amount of variables to a minimum

[@owenwessel9249]

But the modern Camero can run on ethanol anyway, it has an engine designed for gas and race fuel.

[@tensor4ever]

Because they are all awful and its ok to destroy them.

[@danialshamshuddin]

Edgy, much?

[@brendanhauser4644]

@@danialshamshuddin cringe

[@matthewzepess5721]

Didn’t moonshiners make their fuel moonshine super potent, far more then drinkable for fuel? I also believe that carborator could’ve been adjusted. As it was it’s set for pump gas, ethanol takes a bit extra spray for the same smooth result. Same with modern cars but you need to tune via computer.

[@koontzman123]

How do you time your computer without buying an new ecu?

[@Billy-gh9ih]

@@koontzman123they change the code it’s simple

[@albertstadt9853]

The computer makes adjustments to the tuning automatically. No new code required@@koontzman123

[@camerica7400]

The eyeliner, spiked hair, and other makeup is absolutely killing me 😂😂

[@destroyeverything8530]

If they would have had Jesse's moonshine the 70's Camero would have done fine.

[@colbybarbour9990]

jesses? from dukes of hazard?

[@SFxTAGG3]

Is Grant wearing eyeliner...?

[@JerryDLTN]

3:03

[@kratos7893]

That's what I was wondering, kinda looks like a gay Asian chicken pirate lol

[@Callammurray]

Yes, they're doing impersonations of the time era.

[@patrickcaprood6284]

This was just a Camaro advert

[@semcriatividade1003]

F

[@thedudeprime4677]

Now I’d like to know if a Flex Fuel car could run it even better

[@THESLlCK]

naturally, that's what they're built to do

[@themoreyouknow3523]

R.I.P 🕊💐 Grant Imahara October 23, 1970 - July 13, 2020

[@jeckwhite9099]

Rip Grant..

[@ipodsynca707]

One of the cars I drive is a 2000 Chevy Blazer, I drive it every day and it only drinks E85. The motor has so much more power it amazes all my friends. It also has loud exhaust and it is way louder with E85. When I first started running E85, the exhaust stunk so badly that my wife wanted me to quit running E85 in it but now the smell has passed and it smells good, it actually smells sweet. When I first started running E85 it wouldn't start without me pouring real gasoline (with a 10% max ethanol content) in the intake this spell lasted for several weeks, but now it starts right up. The blazer also runs hotter, especially when pulling my trailer but not too hot ( the 2000 4.3 has steel heads). Contrary to what everyone says the fuel mileage is the same. I have been places and had to get regular gasoline (with a 10% max ethanol content) and you can tell a huge difference, no power and way quieter. In case anyone is curious, no mods except no cat and muffler was swapped for a thrush cherry bomb. P.S. I pay less than $2 per gal. someone who knows

[@anolbe]

That's amazing. Considering that gasoline now a days are way to high in price. I guess it would have been cheaper to make moonshine and run the car on that.

[@anolbe]

Or perhaps mixing some gasoline into the moonshine, would make it run better?

[@jamesadams2333]

That 90s Camaro I believe was throttle body injected most likely. My 91 grand am had it. Not as good as individual injection. Atomization is key for ethanol to work.

[@theclamhammer4447]

Atomization isn’t what kept it from running. Ability to control AFR did . It takes %30-%40 more ethanol to run stoich over unleaded fuels. The car has to have an ethanol sensor to recognize this change before this can happen. The reason the Camaro had it is because it’s flexfeul capable from the factory. It’s able to run E85 from the pump already so the ethanol system recognized the fuel change and adjusted.

[@punker4Real]

@@theclamhammer4447 don't forget the injectors are much larger on flexfuel vehicles normal flows 34lb/hr @ 50 psi while flexfuel is 43-50 lb/hr Fuel Injectors

[@theclamhammer4447]

@@punker4Real gen 4 GM FF injectors are 38#(trucks/suvs) and 42#(camaro and base vettes). So yes definitely bigger Btw gm factory fuel pressure is 58 but GM FF systems aren’t static pressure models. Almost every GM after 08 has a fuel control module that changes fuel pressure constantly

[@hunterwilliams7059]

My dad used to pick me up from school driving on moonshine

[@oojimmyflip]

if you distill the moonshine a second time you can get all the water out and the older cars should run on it but it can damage the fuel systems. in the UK we now have 10% ethanol added to our petrol/gas for environmental reasons.

[@kook4u]

I’m surprised they didn’t know this or it hasn’t been said before. The car they used is actually flex-fuel capable from the factory. It’s an automatic which means it has the L99 motor which is in fact flex-fuel capable.The manual version of this car has the LS3 which isn’t flex-fuel capable from the factory.

[@pappi8338]

This is a thing. People can literally drink fuel and thats legal. Eat nontoxic shrooms? Schedule 1 drug

[@AldanFerrox]

All drugs are poison. By definition. Every drug kills brain cells. But you are right about the legality, off course.

[@iunnox666]

No, stop talking out your ass. Drugs do not work by killing brain cells or poisoning you. Mushrooms actually promote brain cell growth.

[@zulfanrizky8601]

AldanFerrox All things are poison, and nothing is without poison, the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poiso

[@deathab0ve]

Not all drugs are poison by definition at all. A drug is any mind altering substance. A poison is a substance that gives illness or death. Weed as the common example is a drug, but not a poison. It alters your behavior, but it doesn't cause illness.

[@deathab0ve]

Here is a paper based on a study on the "Effects of psilocybin on hippocampal neurogenesis and extinction of trace fear conditioning". In lame terms, studying the effects of a psychedelic mushroom on the brain. The study shows cell growth is indeed higher and depression is lower. Although scientists have known for a while that drugs reduce depression in the short term. The long term effects are the issues. Study link.:link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00221-013-3579-0 BTW didn't believe it either so I looked into it.

[@fmanh]

Works well (I can personally attest to it) But you have to change the calendar valves (different amounts of fuel needed) preheat also helps.

[@elijahbeck6343]

I drive my car when I'm on moonshine all the time myth plausible

[@GODOFGUITAR2112]

I wonder what happened to that 73 Camaro once this episode was over, it looked pretty clean.

[@Retalak]

I like how they covered up all of the logos, as if everyone doesn't already know that's a Camaro lmao.

[@nguyentanthuyen8633]

one of the most greatest shows i really love

[@gunter7299]

Nguyễn Tấn Thuyền rip the show it's forever gone

[@Mechaghostman2]

No, it's coming back, but with different people hosting.

[@matty8944]

I reckon if they increased their fuel intake so the moonshine was stoichiometry balanced then the car would work properly

[@bladenrexroth2555]

Pump the finished product through a dewatering filter. Upgrade the floats, gaskets, diaphragm and fuel lines to materials that won't get ate up by the alcohol. Need at least 9.5:1 compression and your engine timing set for faster fuel burn.

[@Tula1940_LB]

Distill it more times to remove the water level and or mix it with gas?

[@truckernation7886]

These guys always make science interesting.

[@TheBandShark]

R.I.P. Grant Imahara

[@X2yt]

If they tried a diesel from like 1996, they probably could've drove on beer, moonshine, probably even redbull. Those things literally run on anything that burns.

[@chris-8597]

I thought they meant if you can drive I car while drunk on moonshine.

[@maikalsato]

The reason it drove good at first is cause regular gasoline was still in the fuel rail and lines even if u drained the tank

[@atomicagegamer3693]

I had that same thought.

[@OverheatedSamurai]

HANG ON A SECOND..... A) Ethanol runs cleaner since it's Biofuel B) It would be cheaper than fossil fuels, C) It's confirmed to run just as well. WTF WHY IS IT NOT A THING?! With all the climate hysteria and oil shortage concerns?!?!

[@nuclearbeige3038]

the reason they did not succeed at this is because ethanol has 30% less energy than gasoline so you need to add more to the cylinder to make it run correctly bigger jets in the carburetor would have worked just fine

[@bloodruststaples]

I ran my old Ford F100 with a 360 in it on 5 gallons of shine at a mud pit once. Damn thing got hot, but you just keep the rpms up in that old iron block, it'll stay running! That was the problem with the 73 Camaro. My pistons were nice and clean too!

[@prasun911]

It'd probably be easier on smaller carburetted engines, preferably bikes. It would keep the mods bare minimum.

[@BlueFlame]

They’re could still be fuel in the gas line

[@jessblues848]

Please watch the episode before assuming these things

[@tylerpoore97]

Yeah.

[@tylerpoore97]

@@jessblues848 no, there definately was Thats hownthe cars started the first time then started showing issues when the moonshine made its way into the engine

[@231jeepr]

You can run ethenol through a carburetor you just have to tune it get the vacuum gauge out

[@randomstuff-cu4of]

This just proves my point that most of not all cars can run off of ethanol with minimal modification and WA should switch to ethanol as it's more renewable and same goes for diesel most diesels run well on vegetable oil with no modification

[@justtired5535]

I have a 66' Deuce and a Half that runs on anything flammable. Gas,diesel, used oils, ect.,ect., Built that way so that you can use fuel from anything during combat.

[@Dafastso]

kari byron hell yeah

[@JohnD595]

Yes lets put e96 in an untuned car

[@tylerpoore97]

I was thinking the same thing.... First car and I'm like, wait aren't they going to tune the carb??

[@matthewtriaszin1965]

@@tylerpoore97 Myth is about simply dropping it in, they mention that the cars are specifically *not* tuned for running on ethanol

[@saleens66]

I love the tape over the Steering wheel. Like We don't know its a Chevy Camaro.

[@Invrexs]

Thats a Ford Challenger bro

[@googlesuxbigtime1227]

E-85 is meant to have at least 15% gas added. Not to make the fuel better. But to spoil it. The biggest difference in a flex fuel vehicle, are the seals used. They hold up to the alcohols.

[@rajrammbbs]

RIP Grant

[@studiolightsound3169]

Is grant wearing mascara or eye liner??

[@PsychorGames]

90s theme

[@gigiw.7650]

Looks like it. 🙀😹

[@biscut3374]

i thought the title meant they'd be driving drunk but that's too much fun for television

[@stgigamovement]

By 2013 in Cali (where Mythbusters was filmed), many gas stations had started putting 10% ethanol into gasoline to get rid of engine knock without needing tetraethyl lead, as well as to make the gasoline burn somewhat cleaner by having a tenth of it be something that burns cleaner, as well as to reduce the amount of petroleum used in gasoline. 10% was chosen to avoid bugging cars like the older cars in the episode. So my guess is that modern cars made after the switchover to 10% ethanol are more capable of handling pure ethanol. Also, the original Ford Model T and Model A (and maybe other REALLY vintage cars) could run on non-gasoline fuels, including pure ethanol and even kerosene. With regards to diesel cars, the first diesel engine was intended to run on vegetable oil, and was demonstrated at the 1893 World's Fair with peanut oil. Diesel's inventor had considered when designing the diesel engine the possibility of people wanting to use non-petroleum fuels. Peanut oil compared to something like olive oil is quite thin. Putting vegetable oil in a diesel engine works best if you keep the fuel heated, though Peanut oil will require the least effort. Peanut oil in a diesel engine doesn't burn with the horrible diesel smell you get with petroleum diesel, and some say Peanut oil diesel exhaust smells somewhat like peanuts. It also burns cleaner than petroleum diesel. Also it's theoretically possible to make a carburetor replacement for a carbureted car that can better handle ethanol.

[@willmurphy3012]

Both the 70's and 90's cars eventually stalled because the rubber components in the fuel system were destroyed by the ethanol. It had nothing to do with combustion temperatures or method of fuel delivery. Modern cars are designed for at least 10% ethanol, hence the newer car ran fine.

[@seededsoul]

Will Murphy Nope, it would take longer than that for the fuel to dissolve the lines. They likely would have driven better and longer with a few minor adjustments to fuel intake.

[@jeeper0253]

U can drive a old car, on 200 proof shine

[@Koshunae]

Just dont drink it.

[@kitsunekid16]

Well duh

[@GarthKlaus]

Actually you can run it on 160 proof if you jet the carb correctly...

[@AMV12S]

The carburetor must be nickel plated to prevent corrosion, I have an 1985 Chevrolet Opala which is 100% Ethanol original from the factory, search for: Opala Álcool Greetings from Brazil.

[@PhiZelak]

They just don't get that here in Brazil we use ethanol as fuel since the 70's. And also worthy to mention is the fact that flex fuel cars are not the best of worlds combined. Compression ratio is usaully close but not exactly perfect for ethanol, and a little too high for gasoline. Ok, the computers help a lot, but I still prefer a good ol' mono fuel car.

[@patrickbradford6223]

The air to fuel ratio needs to be corrected for the moonshine. At 94% ethanol you would need a completely different jet, accelerator pump setup. Also different timing.

[@JessicaTG2008]

You can run a carburated car on moonshine but you have to increase the jet size or it runs way too lean.

[@obamasinladen6333]

Try it with everclear

[@shTree]

CJ how would that be any different than this?

[@obamasinladen6333]

AEguy Productions its 100 percent ethanol...litterally race car fuel

[@shTree]

CJ Uh, no. This "moonshine" is 192 proof, which is the highest proof you can achieve by traditional distillation. Everclear 190 is nearly identical to this stuff, just 1% less alcohol. You would see no difference between this and everclear.

[@patthonsirilim5739]

its not a 100 percent ethanol you fucking idiot if it was it would be ethanol and not ever clear 100 percent of something leave no room for other chemical that just simple math

[@ReallyWemja]

everclear is 190 proof at most(in some states its 151), meaning it is slightly less then what they are trying here.100% ethanol cant be distilled btw, 96% is the purest you can distill alcohol since it forms an azeotropic solution. to get it to 100% you need to chemically dry it.

[@wrathofpaulii]

Might have to do this when gas hits $10 lol 😭😅😅

[@bigsmall246]

Fuel companies trying to sell you 98-octane fuel when all you need is vodka

[@damndoor3570]

kept saying car but they were all camaros

[@Impreza-bj5jh]

Jonas Alberto which is a car

[@ARSZLB]

Chetzio 5 r/whoosh

[@Nabbehh]

WanderMine Craftable my what?

[@Nabbehh]

WanderMine Craftable Make the distinction please :)

[@Nabbehh]

WanderMine Craftable it’s very obvious you weren’t talking to me and that I was just making a point since you apparently can’t distinguish between the “yours”

[@11561tammys]

is this rebooting at any time in the future?

[@lieutenantdan8541]

no, in fact adam and jamie "hated" eachother off set and somewhat on set

[@Mechaghostman2]

Yes, but with new people doing the show. So we'll have MythBusters, but without Adam, Jamie, Tori, Grant, and Kari.

[@PHAZER99]

Lieutenant Dan i find that hard to belive if they worked together for so long next to somebody you didn't like

[@TheJonmega11]

PhantomCoffee No it's true, Jamie and Adam dont exactly 'hate' eqchother, they are just not friend, they have even said to have spent any time together off set, after all they are co-workers they dont need to be friends

[@PHAZER99]

TheJonmega11 I see now that they weren't "best buds" i just wasn't agreeing to the statement that they 'hated' each other...

[@missumenimsatanass]

My grandad used Moonshine for a long time...lol. he would always keep the head where most throw it out. Its the first bit of Moonshine that comes out that gets thrown out because its so stout. Well he started saving it and using it in his vehicles...haha. most of the time he cut it with gas. But back in the 70s when there was a gas shortage we had no problem getting fuel for our cars and trucks back then.....lol. you had to do some adjustments to the carburetor back then but thats it. Tory wouldve had much better luck if he had taken a screwdriver and adjust the carb.

[@randombrandontv8380]

Yes you can! I had a 98 Saturn that absolutely loved me afterwards, Best thing I ever did. ( not recommended for anything newer ). Plus the moonshine I used was “ homemade “

[@beachbummm69]

I wish I could figure out what the 2013 car is, they covered all the logos with blue tape.. was it a Ferrari?

[@jonashaaland7118]

It's a Camaro. 2013 model of course

[@darienbarth3191]

beachbummm69 Nah I think it's a mustang.

[@impalaman3248]

I think it's a Porsche 911.

[@Jstro14]

Is it a Ferrari lmao. Hope that was a joke lol. Yes camaro

[@russellfreeze125]

No ford f-450

[@6speedguy845]

You might have better success with a flexible fuel car.

[@fhuber7507]

My truck is labeled for E-85 flex fuel, can run just fine on straight alcohol, but its really inefficient. 40% as far per tank as gasoline and the alcohol isn't much cheaper. Using the E-85 fuel mileage is 60% of gasoline. Ends up costing 50% more per mile.

[@dustinbasford12345]

My truck uses 25% more fuel and gains 15hp on e85

[@steveskouson9620]

OK, the reason the Camaro didn't run so well, is the air/fuel ratio. You need almost twice as much ethanol as gasoline. Injected cars, at least the newer ones have an O2 sensor in the exhaust, to check for proper combustion. If it is running lean, more fuel is added. steve

[@markjmarkjack]

Like how they uses all Camaros for the experiments, 73 with an RS split bumper, 98-99 SS, and a 13 SS. Could have tweaked the carburetor with a screw driver to get it to run better on the ethanol on the '73.

[@spaceminions]

It'd run fine with a bit of choke on the carb car in lieu of a true adjustment. Wasn't the 4% water mainly doing it. Odd that the 90's car had so much trouble.

[@Kacper-rr6og]

Do you still have that '70 camaro?

[@samelgore7575]

Grant Imahara passed away from a ruptured brain aneurysm in 2020..He seemed like such a bright and a pleasant guy. Sorry for his family's loss..

[@Gchang54]

The title made it seem like they were going to drink the moonshine and try to drive

[@Shelby-fq3eh]

So the conclusion is: We don't need the electric cars.

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

Shelby67 yup

[@hausmeisterengineering5952]

We dont need computers either but they exist anyway

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

we really don't need anything.

[@awsomesauce03]

You realise producing and burning ethanol is still bad for the environment right

[@billybillybilly9259]

Not as bad as coal

[@jonathanschultz2472]

But ethanol burns cooler... Mythbusters has been mythbusted they don't actually know anything about science

[@Abdega]

J⃟O⃟N⃟A⃟T⃟H⃟A⃟N⃟ S⃟C⃟H⃟U⃟L⃟T⃟Z⃟ MythBusters didn't recognize a myth Lol

[@umairhtx]

J⃟O⃟N⃟A⃟T⃟H⃟A⃟N⃟ S⃟C⃟H⃟U⃟L⃟T⃟Z⃟ xddetug

[@ralphyetmore]

Shut up, Jonathan Schultz.

[@EngineerDJ_Julius]

I get the feeling that moonshine is perfect fuel for cold weather and incredibly risky fuel in extreme heat

[@cannonfodder4507]

I knew I was gonna feel bad for the Camaros since they're my favorite cars but I still watched the whole video...

[@ricksanchez3452]

that red head tho' ;)

[@Actias1974]

Stacked!

[@milestownchurchofchristmil9455]

Tory is hot lol

[@timber2633]

ethanol burns colder not hotter, thats why we run it in higher power cars. It cools cylinder temps and reduces knock so more timing can be added intern making more power.

[@Nomidfarms]

Here’s a tip, add some gas to the moonshine so you can stretch the money in your wallet.

[@johnnyfewhairs1862]

Wtf Is grant a emo???!??

[@hayzeproductions7093]

IT IS CLEAR...... that adjustments HAVE to be made to the carburetor when using alcohol. Since it is a dense liquid, the float inside the carburetor needs to be weighed down a little more. Providing enough fuel to motor. I stopped watching myth-busters a long ass time ago, because they can never do shit right in there projects. Its like they purposely set up there projects to fail. When clearly many others seem to prove these guys wrong. Kind of like there super large speaker inside car myth. they used a little gear motor? That has nothing to do with a real speaker. so there was never enough force to shatter the windows. Really good 2 - 15's can shatter a front window. because of the speaker coil's, driver, and magnet. Im off topic now, but its clear these guys are losers.

[@AJvsEverything]

Fab Social It's not simply a float adjustment that needs to happen, you need roughly 30% more alcohol to get a proper air fuel ratio to match the btu output of gasoline...which means you'd need to completely rejet the carb and tune everything from scratch, along with the timing curve and accelerator pump...

[@KefkaTheDemiGod]

Fab Social You're entitled to your opinion, but in this case you're missing the point. The myth was to see if you can run a car, unaltered, on moonshine. Messing with the carburetor, even if it would make it work, would go against the details of the myth. Nobody is saying it wouldn't work like you say it would, but I am saying that it wouldn't be the same myth. Because people alter cars to use pure ethanol all the time, but that wasn't what they were testing.

[@ineedpineapples]

Yeah sure buddy, keep thinkin that. In the meantime I'll be watching some Mythbusters, who've made science cool again

[@MrMarinus18]

Yeah and that makes the myth busted for carbonated cars. The myth was that it was possible for a normal car so that means no flex-fuel and no modifications. They even point that out. That a car that is properly tuned for it can run on ethanol just fine. In that speaker myth the result was valid. The speakers get their energy from the engine so no matter what you do the amount of power can never exceed the engine output. They proved that a car can't detonate like you saw in the movie.

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

also how they messed up the hydrogen generators they have made.. like a 10 year old can do it and get bubbles like crazy but they failed to get many bubbles twice.

[@rhystaylor5192]

Rip that beautiful 70s camaro 😥

[@a64738]

In Brasil they have been running on E100 (96% Etanol) for ages, only small modifications to your carburettor or injection is needed to run on 96% Ethanol ... Also here now all gasoline is E10 or E5 (10% or 5% Etanol and the rest gasoline).

[@leadfarmer4life335]

Hey Grant, real men don't wear makeup.

[@donwon7592]

LeadFarmer4Life idk what's going on with his eyeliner...

[@Loebane]

Historically they did.

[@murielmatos4115]

and besides historically, men who are in the show business like plays, tv and other things with big studio like lamps need to use it so there face doesnt shine

[@RoadHater]

u rlly cant tell that he is dressing up for the comedic effect? I mean look at Tori

[@labber]

alice cooper is not a real man?

[@bjm1219]

It’s not the water in the moonshine that’s causing issues with the carburetor. Carburetors are mechanical computers and need to be adjusted to work with the different air:fuel ratio required for alcohol

[@LazyTacoProductions]

i like how they take the effort to make sure all cars are three gens of camaros yet try their best not to mention the brand name and cover it

[@christopherlee9184]

That's what the oil companies don't want people to know.

[@AndreLuiz-ip3fh]

here in Brazil all the cars can use moonshine, ethanol, methanol, gasoline, etc. and we have it in every gas station.