[Healeys] Effects of Ethanol

Kees Oudesluijs coudesluijs at chello.nl
Thu May 31 03:45:54 MDT 2018


Ethanol has about 30% less energy content compared to most petrols, so 
if the ethanol content is 10% you may encounter about 3%  decrease in 
mileage. However you can counteract this by increasing the ignition 
advance slightly as ethanol acts as an octane booster.

Kees Oudesluijs




Op 31-5-2018 om 01:24 schreef i erbs:
> Not gonna happen.
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> Ira Erbs
> Portland, OR
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> On Wed, May 30, 2018, 4:23 PM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net 
> <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>> wrote:
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>     As long as you don't make the mistake of putting E85 in your
>     Healey or MG. ;^)
>     Mike MacLean
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>     On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 4:01 PM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:eyera3000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I can get E85 in Oregon, Better performance, but worse MPG. My
>     2010 Dodge truck will run on E85. It's been a while since I bought
>     any, but it was a bit cheaper then too.
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>     Ira Erbs
>     Portland,OR
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