Effects of Ethanol in Gasoline?

[Rotus8]

It's like hydrogen.

Ya hope it's better then lead (evil)

And don't get me started on hydrogen... (pissed)(sssh)

 

[justa4banger]

Ethanol isn't bad gas and the 10% they are adding (and have done so for years) will not affect your car.

It is true that ethanol doesn't have the energy of gasoline, BUt the octane rating is way higher. Few people on another board(turboford) are running ethanol and making more power with it over gas. On the flip side they are running more boost (octane is higher) and they have to Damn near doble the size of injectors to get the proper a/f. It requires quite a bit more ethanol to get the a/f correct.

As for rubber parts well unless your car is 20+ years old you'll be fine. Newer cars are designed with ethanol in the back of their minds ,so they use other rubber compliant material in the event of ethanol being used.

I have considered switching the SVO over to ethanol but there's only one station near me at the momment and well i'll have to go to 95lbs injectors + to get enough flow for my hp goal.

 

[justa4banger]

Oh N/A cars that run on ethanol do suffer since theres no way to take advantage of the higher octane rating. S/C your titan and then run it on ethanol. report back how you like it .

 

[FRUCTOSE]

And don't get me started on hydrogen... (pissed)(sssh)

(lol2)
At first it sounded great but doesn't seem doable

 

[dread]

You guys are fooled by the government if you think ethonal is a viable fuel option. It costs just as much energy to produce as you get out of it. And when you consider how much your mileage goes down you are paying over $4.00 a gallon. Prices will go up when demand goes up, because corn will cost more. Not sure why you think prices would go down with demand, that does not make any sense.

 

[justa4banger]

Hey once my design is done and the patent comes back i'll let you know about my new engine that runs on AIR alone. The you won't have to buy s*** anymore ........................




Stay tuned................

 

[SuperStretch18]

You guys are fooled by the government if you think ethonal is a viable fuel option. It costs just as much energy to produce as you get out of it. And when you consider how much your mileage goes down you are paying over $4.00 a gallon. Prices will go up when demand goes up, because corn will cost more. Not sure why you think prices would go down with demand, that does not make any sense.

Sure, let's just continue using petroleum until it is all gone and then we can (or our kids can) figure out what to do next. That is the exact arguement that OPEC and countries like Argentina that rely on oil are making. Fooled by government or fooled by oil companies, which is better? Time will tell...

Ethanol (and all alternative fuels) are still in their infancy. Yes, at the moment, the switch does not make financial sense, but that does not mean that we should just give up on it. Right now, ethanol is being produced by mom-n-pop farmers in the midwest. Once big companies step in with technology, genetic engineering, distribution channels, etc., there are economies of scale that come into play. Not to mention that once the energy used in producing/transporting ethanol comes from ethanol itself, there is a huge potential for prices to drop.

This is all on top of having a domestic fuel option that keeps us out of the middle east (and Canada)!