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Old 04-07-2010, 12:59 AM   #54 (permalink)
NiHaoMike
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The older ignition systems might not be powerful enough to properly ignite ethanol.

It is possible to build an engine that gets better efficiency with ethanol since ethanol has a high octane rating, which allows for higher compression ratios.
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