where to buy non ethanol fuel
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But ethanol fuels like E10 don't have this property.
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LOL at this thread.
when they add 10% ethanol to your gas, they arent taking 87octane and adding 10% ethanol and marking it 87. then you would have less energy per amount of gas... but they are taking lower octane (more energy) and adding ethanol (less energy) to get 87, (same amount of energy).
applies to 89 and 93 as well.
in the end, same amt of energy. the ethanol mixed gas is only bad for your car if you are storing it for long periods of time, as it will absorb more water than a tank with gasoline alone.
go read something, your brain might grow.
when they add 10% ethanol to your gas, they arent taking 87octane and adding 10% ethanol and marking it 87. then you would have less energy per amount of gas... but they are taking lower octane (more energy) and adding ethanol (less energy) to get 87, (same amount of energy).
applies to 89 and 93 as well.
in the end, same amt of energy. the ethanol mixed gas is only bad for your car if you are storing it for long periods of time, as it will absorb more water than a tank with gasoline alone.
go read something, your brain might grow.
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actually i do... LOL
gasoline with ethanol has a lower BTU(british thermal units) rating
, that means less power. ethanol also asborbs water
one gallon of gasoline has roughly 125,000BTU's
one gallon of ethanol has roughly 84,000BTU's
your car will run leaner and get worse gas mileage.
ethanol sucks........... PERIOD
gasoline with ethanol has a lower BTU(british thermal units) rating
, that means less power. ethanol also asborbs water
one gallon of gasoline has roughly 125,000BTU's
one gallon of ethanol has roughly 84,000BTU's
your car will run leaner and get worse gas mileage.
ethanol sucks........... PERIOD
Going by the numbers on Wikipedia, which are probably where you got yours (they're identical but ethanol is 84600), there is a 3.3% difference in energy density (by volume) between (non-diluted) gasoline and E10. I crunched numbers from a few other sources and found between 1.4% and 3.4% difference by volume, which makes sense because of the differences in brands and seasonal types of gasoline.
That doesn't actually equate to power loss either, because that would assume the exact same volume is injected, and ignores closed-loop fueling and differences in latent heat of vaporization, combustion temp, etc. But, let's say that it does equate just for sake of discussion.
So, you've made some generalizations about ethanol, so I'm going to make some generalizations about your car. You probably have a 125HP Civic. You'd lose ~4HP at the crank if your engine was in outstanding health.. You could clean the air filter and put in new plugs and gain that all back.
So really, I'm calling absolute bullshit on your claim that your car is significantly slower.
Oh, I forgot something..
Your car sucks......PERIOD.
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take what he said, then add my post. If you can add, that makes u a moron. If you cant add, well... the forums will say the rest.
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LOL at this thread.
when they add 10% ethanol to your gas, they arent taking 87octane and adding 10% ethanol and marking it 87. then you would have less energy per amount of gas... but they are taking lower octane (more energy) and adding ethanol (less energy) to get 87, (same amount of energy).
applies to 89 and 93 as well.
in the end, same amt of energy.
when they add 10% ethanol to your gas, they arent taking 87octane and adding 10% ethanol and marking it 87. then you would have less energy per amount of gas... but they are taking lower octane (more energy) and adding ethanol (less energy) to get 87, (same amount of energy).
applies to 89 and 93 as well.
in the end, same amt of energy.
Octane rating doesn't have anything to do with the energy content of a fuel. For example, pure ethanol is 116 octane (AKI or (R+M)/2 rating, whichever name you prefer) but has a much lower energy density than gasoline.
If you took 87 octane gas, and added 10% ethanol, you'd have a mixture that has a higher octane rating than 87 octane gasoline, but a lower energy density.
If you want to end up with 87 octane, you start with something lower than 87 octane, and add ethanol. Then you end up with the correct octane, but a slightly lower energy density.
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that is why his sig proves true...over and over
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same ability to produce power vs the amount of knock you could induce. thats the only point I was trying to make.
you have to inject more fuel to get that power, and a more advanced engine would adv. timing to extract that power. so gas mileage would suffer, and does with e85. As usuall the american gvt. is more concerned with emissions and looking good on the green front than efficiency.
you have to inject more fuel to get that power, and a more advanced engine would adv. timing to extract that power. so gas mileage would suffer, and does with e85. As usuall the american gvt. is more concerned with emissions and looking good on the green front than efficiency.