Alcohol raises octane. Race cars have run on alcohol only
Alcohol has less energy than real gasoline. It takes more gasahol than real gasoline to go the same distance.
In careful study in my own cars, the gas mileage drop is between 18% and 23% depending on the vehicle/engine combo.
I only buy real gasoline these days, no matter the cost/gallon.
Really? Do you know what octane is? Do you know what effect a higher octane rating have on how gasoline burns?
Please explain your claim...
Race cars use Methanol alcohol.
note differences @ link:
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/ethanol-vs-methanol-78394.html
I have used both in separate engines and they are not the same thing. Methanol is/can be a wild card.
In street driven cars I prefer no Ethanol and Methanol should be for race cars , Indy, Drags, etc.
Disingenuous. They also run a far higher fuel to air ratio when running on alcohol than our ordinary vehicles are capable of PLUS the alcohol they use is primarily methanol if memory serves me correctly.
As an aside, there is a racing supply store in Baytown that sells race car fuels, and they sell gas without ethanol.
Other than that the closest gas station that sold that used to be in Alpine.
Yes, Alpine TX, just down the street.
yes, it does, but the octane overall is adjusted to compensate. Non oxygenated gas (non-ethanol blends) are typically 92-95 or so octane, which will cause pinging (pre-ignition) in most stock domestic vehicles and damage the pistons.