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Subject:Re: alcohol fuel
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:30:53 -0600

Paul Mayfield wrote:
>
> I experimented with alcohol yesterday.
>
> 1 gal of denatured ethanol : 4 gal gas
>
> ran great, no difference in drivabiliy.
> emissions numbers were incredibly low  ;-)
>

"Denatured alcohol" is ethyl alcohol with additives that make it
unusable in beverages.
  The recent question on the list was about the possible use of methyl
alcohol which I believe is bad for some parts of automotive fuel
systems.

Larry A.
Chicago where: "All grades may contain up to 10% ethanol"

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