<<  And do you want
to pay 50% more for the fuel used in the experiment? (I pulled the 50%
figure
out of thin air, it might be closer to 40%, but there is significantly less
energy in a gallon of alcohol)>>

According to text book values, ethanol has about 31% less heating value that
gasoline.
And a blend of E85 has about 27% less heating value than gasoline.
If the Honda has a modern fuel injection system, that is controlled by an
oxygen sensor at the exhaust, it will probably self compensate for the
different air to fuel ratio of alcohol.  In older cars there could be an
ethanol solvent resistance issue in the fuel system gasket and hose
materials.

Ned Kleinhenz

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