<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">Ah, right you are. It's just that I much prefer ethanol ;) Same deal with anti-detonation qualities though, I believe. <br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Now, if they'd just put nitromethane in gas ...<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"John Rowe" <john@jtkarowe.com.au><br><b>To: </b>"Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>, "Richard J. Hockert" <rjhco@att.net><br><b>Cc: </b>"healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, January 27, 2017 2:17:28 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [Healeys] Ethanol<br><div><br></div><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">Bob, I think you will find that dragsters run on methanol, which is a different kettle of fish.<br>In Australia we have E10 (10%) supposedly 94?? octane. I won’t use it in my Healeys as it is rubbish (2c per litre cheaper than 91 unleaded). One small fuel company makes E85 which a friend uses in a Datsun 1600 (510) race car fitted with EFI. He had to increase the fuelling by 30% from that for 100 octane Av-gas to obtain the same hp figures. The exhaust stink is sickly and sweet and unbearable. Might be great for the environment, not good for humans</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">I use 95 or 98 octane in all my cars. For the low mileage they do, the extra expense is negligible.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">I totally agree with David Nocks comments in his recent email</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">John Rowe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">Qld Australia</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">BN1 BT7</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm" data-mce-style="border: none; border-top: solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US"> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 28 January 2017 12:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> Richard J. Hockert<br><b>Cc:</b> healeys<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Ethanol</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Ethanol has a much lower energy content than gasoline, hence the lower mileage with gasahol. See here:</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"><a href="http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf">http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf</a></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">('alternate fuels,' not 'alternate facts')</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">It does, however, have a higher octane rating allowing the huge compression ratios in dragsters and other racers; which is what produces the massive power in those engines.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Bob</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;" align="center"><hr id="zwchr" width="100%" size="2" align="center"></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;">"Richard J. Hockert" <<a href="mailto:rjhco@att.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:rjhco@att.net">rjhco@att.net</a>><br><b>To: </b>"David Nock BCS" <<a href="mailto:healeydoc@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:healeydoc@sbcglobal.net">healeydoc@sbcglobal.net</a>>, "Simon Lachlan" <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>>, "Healey List" <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:36:42 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Ethanol</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">The correct AFR for alcohol (ethanol) is around 8 to 1 versus gasoline at 14.7 to 1. Switching to 10% ethanol should equate to about a 5% richer mixture. Ethanol produces more power than gasoline – hence alcohol race engines but much more fuel required. Your mileage will suffer.</span><span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span><span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Best regards,</span><span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Jim</span><span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span><span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>