Excellent post, Mike, thanks for all the info! You knowledge about IC greatly surpasses that of my own - what with my grade 8 - 1/2 credit distance-ed Power Mechanics course....I was aware of the properties of ethanol, but did not realize the effect they have on combustion. So would it be very out of the ordinary that i seem to get a comparable mileage b/w ethanol and conventional fuel? My car is by no means a "flex" fuel vehicle (3.4L 6 cyl).
I will now apologize to Ken for nitpicking, i suspect that's what you meant by your post - fuel economy was poor, not fuel efficiency of ethanol production. I will endeavour to track down that archived email with details on the studies.
