[s-cars] You think Octane is the Problem?

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Yep, you're right about the AFR:

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/farmmgt/05010.html

You need to run a meth/ethanol fueled car really rich.  I'd say tell
him to get a bicycle.

Joe

On 7/17/05, Charlie Smith <charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org> wrote:
> 
> So you think Octane is the big problem?  Not everywhere ...
> 
> I received an email from someone in Zimbabwe who has seen
> my webpage on toluene.  Although the web page talks mostly about
> using a toluene mixture for improved octane, it also mentions
> ethanol in fuels.
> 
> With the state of things in Zimbabwe, he says gasoline and diesel
> are altogether unavailable.  He has been running 100% ethanol in
> his Mazda B1600 truck, and he says "performance is non existent
> until it warms up and boy it can drink the ethanol".  His question
> was on the benefit of a toluene / ethanol mixture.
> 
> I told him that the problem with ethanol isn't a lack of octane,
> I think it's a low BTU / gallon problem.  Ethanol has less energy
> per gallon than gasoline.  And gasoline has somewhat less than
> toluene (I think).
> 
> My question here, is about the high ethanol consumption.  I'm
> guessing that the ideal mixture for ethanol isn't quite the
> same as for straight gasoline.
> 
> Does anyone know enough about this stuff to suggest a way to
> improve consumption?
> 
>     - Charlie
> 
> 
>   Charlie Smith          charlie {at} elektro.cmhnet.org
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