Bob DeChance wrote:
>
> You should move out here to the left coast in Ca. We have MTBE in our gas
> per CARB, only costs 20 cents a gal more, paid 1.23 for 87 today, it loses
> about 10% MPG and HP, and is getting in our drinking water so bad they are
> banning boats and jet skis from the lakes, it smells and tastes awful and
> they do not know how harmful it is for you yet, but they require it for our
> own good.
> Please excause the spelling but I am trying to do this post in between
> earthquakes today.
> Bob
> Stockton Ca
Heh... I concur. If those Luminas are fast, it's due to something
other than ethanol; ethanol has a lower enthalpy rating than
gasoline, so you have to burn more of it to generate the same
amount of energy. Hence, the MPG and HP drop you're experiencing
(all other things being equal in your case).
Those Luminas had a little extra work done, I'm sure :-).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Fleigle <fleigle@hotmail.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: ethanol was Re: Re[2]: DML: SBEC REBATE
>
> >Just a short story about my experience with ethenol. When I used to
> >live in Illinois (big ethanol state) we had a couple of demonstration
> >cars that could run up to 85% ethanol. After a couple of weeks of
> >driving them they got the nickname "the rocket". They were just normal
> >luminas that had been changed to run ethanol and man could those cars
> >run. If anyone has ever drivin a car like one of those than they know
> >what im talking about.
> >
Have fun,
--
John Bell johnb@pswtech.com http://www.psw.com
"You're not foolin' anyone, y'know..." - Monty Python
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