Mayf
It takes about twice as much alcohol as gas per pound
of air. That is why the nozzles in a injector system
set up for alcohol are bigger than for gas. Alcohol
has about 60% of the energy per pound as gas. Since
you burn twice as much, theoreiticly you will make
120% of the power if all else is equal which it never
is.
--- DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com> wrote:
> Another dumb request from me: I know that the BSFC
> for a gasoline engine is
> about 0.5 lb/hr/hp for gasoline (0.55 for boosted
> engines) as a good
> starting point. But what is it for Alcohol? For
> Nitromethane? What is the
> best air/fuel ratio for Alcohol and Nitro? The
> curious want to know...and I
> am sitting here waiting for the KFC to arrive...
>
> mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump
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