Thread: Ethanol ???
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Old 09-30-2013, 03:49 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Jamesp View Post
Ethanol is used as an oxygenate to promote lower emissions. It has a lower fuel value (BTU/lb mass) than gasoline. If I could get gasoline without ethanol I'd go that route and add a little octane booster.
So would it make sense that if you have pure gas it would equal better performance as even with 93 octane it has 10% ethanol that degrades performance?
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