Hi Manickh >Can a petrol car be modified to run on 90% ethanol without modifying >compression ratio? Does higher CR entail changing piston,clylinder >dimensions? Can I run on lower power and CR? I would like to try this >out in India village if possible.Ur suggestions most welcome.
Apart from Terry's always excellent advice, these might also help: How To Adapt Your Automobile Engine For Ethyl Alcohol Use -- Mother Earth Alcohol Fuel Manual. http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me2.html The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel by S.W. Mathewson, Chapter 3 UTILIZATION OF ALCOHOL FUELS http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual3.html How To Modify Your Car To Run On Alcohol Fuel: "Guidelines for converting gasoline engines (With Specific Instructions for Air-Cooled Volkswagens)" by Roger Lippman, April 1982 -- Five-chapter online book: http://terrasol.home.igc.org/alky/alky.htm How to modify an injection system: It's Toyota-specific, but applies to most electronic fuel injection systems. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/9975/dataBySubject/EFImods.html Best wishes Keith ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/7dY7FD/R_ZEAA/Ey.GAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/