clifto wrote:
> Bret Ludwig wrote:
> > However, alcohols can increase engine power and act as a powerful
> > cleaning agent in engines set up for it. It also burns cooler.
>
> So less heat in winter, and only 10 to 20 cents difference from gasoline
> (around here, anyway). And less mileage per gallon. Wow, what a huge
> incentive to use this stuff!
Engine temperature is set by thermostat and/or ECM factors and the
engine will warm up a little slower perhaps, but its operating temp
under load will be the same.
If petroleum were much more expensive alcohols would be attractive
economically. Obviously as long as gasoline is cheap, and it is, still,
relatively so, alcohols will be reserved for applications like racing.
But from a power standpoint E85 is very attractive.
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