Currently due to its size and weight it doesn’t look practical at all. However, as with most prototypes, it’s always a start. Most inventions do start this way, so we’ll see where this leads us. Any alternative fuel is better than gasoline at the moment. It’s great to see people like Michael attempting such projects. Hopefully this is one of many great biodiesel inventions to come in the future.

Step One:

Remove wheels.
Remove skide plates.
Remove sway bar links.

Step two:

Remove the spindle from the lower ball joints.
Loosen lower control arm bushing.

Step three:

Disconnect and remove strut.

Step four:

Next, bolt on spacer, making sure the curve spacer is facing out
All that’s next is to reinstall the new strut. In some cars you made need to get the jack stand to remove the lower strut.

Step five:

You must reconnect the spindle to the lower ball joint. A ratchet strap will make this tedious step much easier. One can be bought at a variety of auto parts stores.

Step six:

Install bump stop washers.
Install diff stop spacers.
Tip: (Loosen the steering rack before you begin. It’s easier to attach the nuts to the new bolts.)

Step seven:

Obviously you’re going to need to add your wheels and tires and then lower your vehicle to the ground.

When installing a turbocharger you remove your stock exhaust manifold and replace it with a turbo kit. The turbo takes all cylinders exhaust in to one area and forces it in the turbine housing. The exhaust is then re-routed out of the back of your turbo to exit your car.

The only limit to a car’s power is how much fuel you can deliver in to the engine and how well you can build an engine to handle the power.

To even be considered as an alternative fuel, you’ll need to be making hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel to make a dent. By 2010 they hope to make up to 100,000,000 gallons of fuel using nothing but algae. This probably sounds a lot harder than it actually is because it only takes one acre of water to make 10,000 gallons of fuel. Hopefully they can produce great amounts of it, because the cost they aim to produce it for is only $1.00. Maybe those souring fuel prices will be stopped by none other than biodiesel in the future?

Compressing air raises the temperature, which may or may not increase enough to ignore the fuel before the spark plug fires. Because of this, a car with a turbo kit will run better with higher octane fuels. Along with the obvious power advantages, a turbo kit will help your car in high altitude environments. Since the air is dense, engines can’t pack as much air in to the cylinder. Obviously since a turbo will force air in there, you will experience fewer difficulties.

Electronic shifters are the hottest thing in terms of gear shifting knobs. Once programmed, it automatically senses what gear you’re in, and adjusts the LCD accordingly. The installation is said to be easy, and it comes in blue or red. This neat mod is going to be about $169.00.

Random Stick Shift Knobs

Such tires have large treads, and are wider; thus leading to low miles to the gallon. Lift kits can be as simple as lift blocks, or as complicated as replacing the control arms, brake lines, and drive shaft length. Such modifications are extreme, and generally not needed. Counties and states have various laws pertaining to the legality of such kits, so it’s best to check with your local laws before installing one.

After growing in popularity, 3rd party scissor doors have been in production for less exotic cars. Typically these mods have to open slightly outward and then upward to avoid the door’s frame, and A-pillar. Eventually scissor doors that could be opened both outward and upward hit the market. The price for a scissor door kit is usually a modest $1,500-$3,000 depending on the type of vehicle.

When installing trim, some kits are permanent, and some can be taken off. If you need to remove a permanent installation, you’ll have to put on another kit after removing it. When installing a dash kit, you can choose between molded, and flat. Molded kits will fit the exact shape of your dash, but are more expensive. Usually seen on trucks and SUVs, molded kits have large rounded edges. Flat dash kits are flat, and when heated are flexible. The advantage of them is they’re cheap, thus normally seen on low priced automobiles. They have a wide color selection compared to their molded counter part, and have a lot more pieces per kit.