“...on the fly without losing power.”
I don’t buy it for the simple reason that different fuel sources have different quantities of energy. This is why we do not have alcohol based car engines. Alcohol has a LOT less energy than does gasoline or diesel.
“I don’t buy it for the simple reason that different fuel sources have different quantities of energy.”
Mixture ratio and timing takes care of this issue.
—”I don’t buy it for the simple reason that different fuel sources have different quantities of energy.”
True but...
Ethanol has a lower specific energy content (65% of gasoline).
Yet makes more horsepower!
Higher octane; runs higher compression, and burns faster/ cooler...
many cars can run on e85 which is up to 83% alcohol
on one of my cars I could have increased the hp by about 75% if I did a dedicated e85 tune and got high alcohol gas.
but it would destroy the engine if a mostly gas mix was used.