? For the Chem-E people...

[vze28h54 at verizon.net (Chris)]

That would make the car run way too lean and probably destroy the 
engine.  "Gasohol" available from some gas stations is about 10% alcohol. 
Beyond that you head for a danger zone.  You have to pass a lot more 
alcohol (some say 2x by volume) through your fuel system than gasoline to 
keep it from running too lean.  To run 50/50 you would have to modify your 
fuel system. Do a search for the alcohol fueled cars in Brazil.  Alky was 
popular for a while (when the price savings was substantial).  I think the 
cars could run something like 70 or 80% alcohol in modified 
form.  (Actually, some gasoline is helpful, as 100% alcohol leaves a waxy 
residue in the fuel system and will clog it up.)  (Indy cars run gasoline 
mix through the systems at the end of each day to avoid that problem.)

Chris

P.S. There is something attractive about running your car on corn liquor.

At 12:30 PM 06/17/2004 -0500, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
>At ND, someone mentioned that they heard someone had success smogging 
>their car
>using a 50:50 mixture of unleaded fuel and ethanol.
>
>Any ideas on the feasibility? Potential impact to the motor? Could 
>denatured be
>used or would it have to be reagent grade?
>
>What about octane booster?
>
>thanks, JT
>
>
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