<VV> Re: (VV) Ethanol?

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

More power, yes.
Less energy, yes. 
 
 
In a message dated 6/17/05 5:43:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
CorvairEd at aol.com writes:

In a  message dated 6/16/05 10:10:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ronh at owt.com  
writes:
Also, alcohol has less energy per gallon so you will have  slightly less 
power.
RonH

Actually Ron, alcohol can generate  more power than gasoline if you increase 
the compression ratio to at least  14 to 1 and put much bigger jets in the 
carbs.  And you are correct  that alcohol has less energy per gallon so to 
get the 
HP you want you must  burn more of it.  The octane rating of alcohol is so 
high 
you can  easily run 18 to 1 compression with a lot of advance and really put 
out  the power but your mileage will be low.  Indy race cars use only alcohol 
 and 
you notice how much power they can generate!

Ed Corson (CORSA  member)
Inland Empire Corvair Club