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Old 06-16-2008, 09:08 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by matt151617 View Post
Too bad they don't even sell ethanol in my area. I know of one station 40 miles away that sells 100% ethanol, but that's it.
You might wanna recheck the 100% thing... all cars that are advertised as "flex fuel" require a gasoline/ethanol mix of 85% ethanol / 15% gasoline, or, can run with anywhere between 0 and 85% ethanol...

ethanol burns a little cleaner, but has less specific power than gasoline does, so, it requires more to get the same horsepower... it has a higher octane rating, so, some of the power differences are made up by a car adjusting to a more aggressive ignition timing map...
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