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Originally Posted by BowtieBelle
That's just the analogy I use, guys, chill.  I know it doesn't leave corn syrup in my motor But my dad, who is in the oilfield, has told me repeatedly that ethanol will gunk up your engine. As far as the corn syrup analogy, I'm just saying, I wouldn't wanna put corn syrup in my motor. That's all. I just know it eats plastic and rubber pieces and produces less power than regular fuel. |
It does the complete opposite. Alcohol fuels act as a detergent. A cheap and effective one at that.
Saying it produces less power is like saying Methanol fueled engines produce less power than gasoline equivalents. Just because a stoich value is lower doesn't mean the engine produces less power, its generally quite the opposite. It simply contains less energy per unit mass.