GEORGE BATES

Anybody know the result of burning ethanol in an older rx7 ? George....

OneRotor

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you need to make sure your fuel pump and lines won't be corroded by the ethanol. Then you have to tune your carb to give you ~1/3 more fuel, and you should be good to go.

hanman

I bought my 80 new. A few years later they came out with ethanol. This was in Iowa by the way, where ethanol came from. It is hard to find a gas station without ethanol in Iowa. Gotta support those corn farmers you know!

My car ran like crap on ethanol. So, I have avoided ever since. You may have different results though. Mine would stall on me when you came to a stop. Once I quit using ethanol, it quit.

hanman

FYI,
It takes 1.1 gallon of gasoline to produce 1 gallon of ethanol. Think about that everytime you fill up and think you are helping the environment.

OneRotor

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i don't think it's actually 1.1 gallons of actual gasoline, but it's the amount of energy used in the production of 1.1 gallons of gasoline that is used to make a gallon of ethanol.

That being said, it IS better for the environment, despite the slight increase in energy requirements for production because the corn removes CO2 while it grows, which offsets the amount of CO2 that is eventually put into the atmosphere.

Siraniko

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you should be driving a smog friendly hybrid

The Last Mahadocon

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just fyi. lol i put ethonal on my wankle before...... it burned really bad.

vipergts_3

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yeah , ethonal sucks . at least for older cars , my old 88 iroc ran like crap when i had that in it . not to mention my gas mileage on my 81 rx7 is terrible when i cant get to a ethonal free place .

The Last Mahadocon

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lol... thats not what i ment.

PercentSevenC

If you want to make the most out of ethanol, just run a large amount of boost.