- 1. Fuel/Horsepower Question. (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:16:54 -0700
- 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 Nitrom
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- 2. Re: Fuel/Horsepower Question. (score: 1)
- Author: Glenn Ridlen <gridlen@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:53:23 -0700 (PDT)
- 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 a
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