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To: devane617

Gasoline engines are made for burning gasoline, not alcohol. Does this incompetent nincompoop want to destroy all gasoline engines so he can force us to switch to electric?


44 posted on 04/12/2022 5:30:55 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.)
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To: I want the USA back

You do realize that the model T and A both were designed and ran on ethanol right. This was before close loop O2 ECU control and direct gas injection with turbos. Brazil fuels their cars with E100 as in pure ethanol they run just fine. They even use HE95 as in hydrous ethanol with 5% water in it as a state certified fuel. Here again they run cars in the tropics with those fuels just fine Reed vapor pressure is none issue as long as you have a positive sealing fuel cap. NASCAR uses ethanol as their official fuel as does F1 having switched from methanol before. Ethanol is not near as toxic in a spill or crash as methanol. Most if not all cars with a turbo newer than 2001 will benefit from the high octane of ethanol it’s 116/123 in pure form plus it’s huge latent heat capacity which with direct injection and boost cools the charge just like alcohol injection did during WWII for 1500 hp plus fighter engines under boost at take off. People add alcohol injection systems to boosted sports car for this very reason as an aftermarket upgrade it can add 100+ hp to an engine before knock sets in. It’s irrational behavior to not see the benefits to some alcohol in fuel the science is solid on it plus the decrease on pollution due to the OH radical in the molecule that adds oxygen to keep particulates, carbon monoxide levels low. All the “issues” with ethanol were solved decades ago only boomers clinging to old ideas and hear say see a goblin in ethanol. Modern engines burn it with ease and for most it benefits them. Small engines with carburetor with 1900s level of technology and cork floats and seals because the Chinese parts maker wanted to save a few penny’s is in no way representative of what a modern as in less than 10 year old engine is made to run on.


61 posted on 04/12/2022 5:48:04 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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