There are studies coming out of Brazil that show that a little water in ethanol actually improves it's combustion and cooling properties, up to 20% entrained water shows improvements if I'm remembering correctly.
Water and gasoline don't mix, and raw water in gasoline can cause poor running, skipping, dead cylinders, and if there's too much of it a hydrolock. Ethanol does absorb water, but I haven't heard of water + ethanol + gasoline causing extra gumming; to a certain point ethanol will literally entrap the water, preventing it from interacting with other chemicals, which is part of why ethanol used in gas drying treatments sold in stores. -Kurt On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > So Kurt after reading you're post I see that you validate all of my > statement except that nitromethane is typically mixed in for use with > the ethanol to act as an oxydizer. At the race track the do use it. > While you don't need it added it to make the engine run, it does > greatly increase the power output and running qualities of the engine. > I wasn't stating that alcohol was a bad fuel, just drastically > different from gas. The problem I see and please correct me if I'm > wrong is that ethenol absorbs water which not only reduces its > effectiveness, but when mixed with gas causes gumming much sooner that > gas alone. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
