The Ultimate Kit Guide

Kit Complexity: 3

(1=Easy, 5=Difficult) Is the kit easy, moderate, or challenging to build for its most likely target audience? Kits clearly aimed at children would, for example, be rated differently from microcontroller kits.

Diesel to Veggie Car Conversion

Diesel to Veggie Car Conversion

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Diesel to Veggie Car Conversion

$1,550

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Reviewed: November 12th, 2011

Whether your motivation is the environment, the economy, independence, or you simply despise the oil companies, converting your diesel vehicle to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO) can truly be a rewarding experience. (You can get WVO free from restaurants, preferably higher end. Luckily for me, my brother-in-law is a head chef, and he has access to WVO.) […]

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Bike Motor Kit

Bike Motor Kit

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Bike Motor Kit

$180

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Reviewed: November 8th, 2011

I was reading Boing Boing one day and saw a link to this bicycle motor kit, consisting of a 66cc two-cycle engine, drive mechanism, gas tank, muffler, and controls. The ad brought back kid-time memories for me, as I had dreamed of one day owning a Whizzer, the classic motorized bicycle. It was the only vehicle you could […]

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