Re: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage

2001-05-25 Thread steve spence
Subject: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage You don't have to raise the compression to run ethanol but you can if you want to. You can run a higher compression ratio using ethanol especially if your engine has an aluminum head. What are the advantages for higher compression? simply more

Re: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage

2001-05-25 Thread steve spence
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage Hi folks, Just wondering on this. In gasoline engines increasing compression increases NOx. (nitrogen oxides) What NOx emissions are produced with ETOH? (ethanol) Thanks, Jay

[biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage

2001-05-24 Thread Grendel
You don't have to raise the compression to run ethanol but you can if you want to. You can run a higher compression ratio using ethanol especially if your engine has an aluminum head. What are the advantages for higher compression? simply more power or, as someone stated, better mileage? This

RE: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage

2001-05-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grendel writes: You don't have to raise the compression to run ethanol but you can if you want to. You can run a higher compression ratio using ethanol especially if your engine has an aluminum head. What are the advantages for higher compression? simply more power or, as someone stated, better

Re: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage

2001-05-24 Thread JOSEPH . MARTELLE
Please respond to biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com cc:(bcc: Joseph Martelle/US/GM/GMC) Subject: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage You don't have to raise the compression to run ethanol but you can if you want to. You can run a higher compression ratio

Re: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage

2001-05-24 Thread Freed
Hi folks, Just wondering on this. In gasoline engines increasing compression increases NOx. (nitrogen oxides) What NOx emissions are produced with ETOH? (ethanol) Thanks, Jay in Carson City Grendel wrote: You don't have to raise the compression to run ethanol but you can if you want to. You

Re: [biofuel] Re: Ethanol compression/mileage

2001-05-24 Thread Keith Addison
Hi folks, Just wondering on this. In gasoline engines increasing compression increases NOx. (nitrogen oxides) What NOx emissions are produced with ETOH? (ethanol) Thanks, Jay in Carson City Well, you're starting off with less. * High-level ethanol blends reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by up to