To: Incorrigible
What would be needed is to increase the compression ratio of the engines to take advantage of E85’s 105 octane rating or Ethanol’s 116 octane rating.
Cars with knock sensors may be taking advantage of the higher octane and advancing their timing to take advantage of it.
15 posted on
05/27/2008 9:33:58 AM PDT by
ltc8k6
To: ltc8k6
Cars with knock sensors may be taking advantage of the higher octane and advancing their timing to take advantage of it.Cars with turbos could take advantage of the additional octane by cranking down the waste gate to increase the boost.
20 posted on
05/27/2008 9:47:08 AM PDT by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: ltc8k6
Cars with knock sensors may be taking advantage of the higher octane and advancing their timing to take advantage of it.Cars with turbos could take advantage of the additional octane by cranking down the waste gate to increase the boost.
21 posted on
05/27/2008 9:47:12 AM PDT by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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