I understand using Bio-Ethanol such as E85 has been discussed in earlier topics. But I put this to you; If you modified a (turbocharged) engine to take a higher boost and a lower compression ratio with appropriate ethanol friendly injectors... Assuming the rest of the engine was blueprinted and toughened up to take the extra power... could you run an Ethanol engine as a reliable everyday engine?
The drop in CR and extra charge would spell large power gains - as Ethanol air/fuel ratio is usually double that of petrol and is less susceptible to detonation under high boost.
Thoughts?
The drop in CR and extra charge would spell large power gains - as Ethanol air/fuel ratio is usually double that of petrol and is less susceptible to detonation under high boost.
Thoughts?