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Ethanol Boosting | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Ethanol Boosting (3.00 / 0) (#16)
by dnix71 (yahoo.com 'dnix71') on Tue Aug 19th, 2008 at 08:29:39 AM MST
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The 150 octane rating has me puzzled. Anything above about 118 doesn't get you anything in terms of power.

Could you use moonshine in a pinch? Would the injector system know? I have friends that mod oil injector minibikes to bypass the injectors and then run 2-stroke mix. Somehow the injector system knows if you use anything other than the approved oil and shuts the bike down.

Re: Ethanol Boosting (3.00 / 0) (#17)
by Bruce S (bruce(dot)stahl <at>gmail (dot)(com)) on Wed Aug 20th, 2008 at 02:07:00 PM MST
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I am more than a Little suspect of the 150 rating. I'd like to know where they came up and what eles is in there to give it that high a rating.
Back in the days of Leaded fuel and Sunoco's dial-an-octane pumps, you could go all the way to 110 if you had a Mopar or like breathing vehicle.
Even E85's rating isn't that high. Pure gas is hardly ever anymore over 100 at that would be way too expensive these days.

Gasoline is normally mixed stuff anywho :)

APfuel for Cessna's and the like is still around 110 (also considered racing gas, but out of my street pocket book)

Cheers
Bruce S

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Ethanol Boosting | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial)

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