Over the past few years car companies have been pushing the
use of alternative fuels for vehicles. Most of these have gone unnoticed,
mainly due to the fact that they are less potent than gasoline. The fuel pump and fuel pump assembly are
able to handle Ethanol without issue and the engines can as well.
The facts about Ethanol are easily seen, while the fuel may
not work well in normal engines but once a few key components are changed to
work with ethanol…watch out! The main issue caused by the way ethanol ignites, new
injector timing and ignition are the main issues. Companies like Honda or Toyota
have not really tried to push this set up because the cost to the average
consumer would be around $3000 and not many of us are just willing to drop that
much coin.
The companies that have been able to take advantage of the
ethanol change are companies like Ferrari or Koenigsegg. While most of us will
never be able to afford anything that these companies off…especially Koenigsegg
who mainly makes cars that cost close to a million dollars, the technology is
there for the taking. New technology is
always showcased in the more expensive cars and trickles down to the rest of
us, usually in the Mercedes S class. Ferrari recently released the FF which is
a 4WD that makes 650HP but tune it for Ethanol and that number jumps to around
875HP. That’s right no forced induction just a good tune. Koenigsegg tuned the
Agera R from 927HP up to 1,100HP just by using Ethanol and there are many other
examples of this fuel doing great things. Maybe sooner than later it will
become main stream…oh and did I mention that it is a renewable fuel source.
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