[Mgs] E10 or ethanol at 10%

[Robert's New iPad]

   Friend should have no concerns about the E5 in France.   
   When one reads gasoline adverts from forty and fifty years ago, one sees many in which the alcohol is advertised as octane booster, smoother running fuel, at premium price.  
Bob


> On Apr 19, 2021, at 7:23 AM, PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for that Bob, very helpful.  Someone over here is stressing about  taking his car to France (eventually ...) where E5  was getting rare several years ago.  We are trying to put his mind at rest.
>  
> Paul.
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> Cc: mgs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2021 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] E10 or ethanol at 10%
> 
> Paul,
>    I have been burning E10 for 20 years, ever since it became the standard in State of Connecticut.  My experience has been that the standard engine configuration burned it fine, without any needle changes, and  that the engine, rebuilt to UK specifications a decade ago, does just as well with the factory-specified needle.  I had the type 25 distributor rebuilt by Advance, Jeff Schlemmer, and set mechanical timing at 32 at 3500. 
> Bob
> 
> 
>> On Apr 19, 2021, at 3:50 AM, PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm looking for people with experience of using this in cars like the MGA and MGB in terms of what if any carb needle and timing changes have been found necessary, and any other problems.
>>  
>> Thanks,
>> PaulH.
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