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Don Klipstein wrote:
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This is Turtle Again.
*** Octane Burns to make the car run good.
*** Additive clean and fix problems.
*** Yes Gasohol is different but it has a octane rating as the same as
not.
Alcohol is a very good fuel to burn for if you will check up here on the
fuel
the cars in the Indy 500 are using. You will find out they use pure
Alcohol
burning of the fuel. They don't use gas because you can get more power
out
of
Alcohol fuel than unleaded gas. All the high speed or drag racer prefer
Pure
Alcohol over unleaded gas. So if it is me, Give me 90% Alcohol and 10%
gas
and
get more power and mileage.
Actually, alcohol has such a high octane rating that race car engines
designed to burn it have a higher compression ratio.
Excuse me, that's the point of the higher octane. Ethanol has *less*
energy per gallon than gasoline. This means that per gallon, you should
pay *less* for it. My rule is two or three cents.
This is Turtle.
You forgot that the U.S. Government has octane rating and this covers
everything
you say and burniability of the fuel. 87 Octane Gasohol or 87 Octane Gas have
the same burniability as each other. If it was not the same it would have a
less
or more of a Octane rating on it.
I didn't forget that they sell gasoline with a specific octane rating.
Octane rating has nothing to do with the energy in the fuel. Ethanol has
less energy per gallon than gasoline therefore you are getting less
energy per gallon and should therefore not be willing to pay as much as
you pay if you are buying all gasoline. You might, of course, choose the
gasohol because you wanted to cheaply get the water out of your tank or
because you think that other additives used to raise octane are a danger
to the environment, but at least then you are making a choice based on
something other than a misguided look at volumes.
This is Turtle.
I like your theory on Octane rating being different for Gasohaol and regular gas
and you need to discuss this with the DOT of your state and have them change the
Octane rating to reflect the less power from Alcohol gas than regular unleaded
gas. I think they would be interesed in your theory here.
TURTLE
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