--- Colin Rainey <brokerpilot9...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Contrary to one netters opinion, alcohol > burns longer than regular gasoline, and produces > more BTU's, and ultimately more horsepower. That is > why alcohol dragsters are a HIGHER class of racing > then 100 octane racers are; they are faster. It is also why they use high volumne fuel pumps and BIG FAT carb jets, because you can dump a WHOLE LOT more alcohol in an internal combustion engine due to less intake air/external oxidation requirements. My alcohol bike would use the entire 3 gallons on a pass, compared to the 2 quarts of gasoline my pump gas bike used. > > The reason that your mileage dropped with gasohol > vs. regular gasoline is that the gasohol burns with > more end result of oxygen, so the oxygen sensor was > seeing more oxygen in the exhaust, and enrichened > the fuel by program to compensate, hence more fuel > burn. The program is not set up to compensate for > the different fuel type. Which is why Ford has an alternative fuel symbol on many of thier vehicles....it will sense the alcohol and compensate for it. Good post, Colin. Scott __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
