Coast-to-coast
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:07 am
So once again I'm daydreaming. I recently read an article about someone breaking the record time for a coast-to-coast drive. It got me thinking that some sort of coast-to-coast thing would be cool. However I don't see shooting for any record times, just not to fond of tickets.
So what could be done, that I haven't heard of yet? Coast-to-coast non-stop. No stopping for food, gas, restrooms, anything beyond traffic lights and stop signs. 2800 miles and GMaps estimated 41 hours.
My calculations using Green as the base vehicle show that it would take 155 gallons of gas to make the trip. I'm thinking three drivers to keep the current driver rested, a cooler for food, and a portable toilet of some sort.
The cooler and toilet are pretty easy to figure out, but the additional 150 gallons (20 in reserve) is a little trickier. Right now I'm thinking five 32 gallon fuels cells centrally mounted in the interior of the van, but I still would have to figure out a way to integrate that into the fuel system.
Costs:
Fuel $190/$680/$450 To NY/NY to CA/CA home
Fuel cells $150 x 5 = $750
Portable toilet $75
Wirng and Hoses $100?
Total $2245, yeash
The fuel cells can be sold afterwards which makes it a little better, I wonder if I could find sponsers for such a feat?
Hello Monster Energy, want to help me waste a bunch of fuel?
So what could be done, that I haven't heard of yet? Coast-to-coast non-stop. No stopping for food, gas, restrooms, anything beyond traffic lights and stop signs. 2800 miles and GMaps estimated 41 hours.
My calculations using Green as the base vehicle show that it would take 155 gallons of gas to make the trip. I'm thinking three drivers to keep the current driver rested, a cooler for food, and a portable toilet of some sort.
The cooler and toilet are pretty easy to figure out, but the additional 150 gallons (20 in reserve) is a little trickier. Right now I'm thinking five 32 gallon fuels cells centrally mounted in the interior of the van, but I still would have to figure out a way to integrate that into the fuel system.
Costs:
Fuel $190/$680/$450 To NY/NY to CA/CA home
Fuel cells $150 x 5 = $750
Portable toilet $75
Wirng and Hoses $100?
Total $2245, yeash
The fuel cells can be sold afterwards which makes it a little better, I wonder if I could find sponsers for such a feat?
Hello Monster Energy, want to help me waste a bunch of fuel?