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Old 10-21-2010, 11:26 PM   #344 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by robertwb70 View Post
Running too lean can cause worse gas mileage just like too rich can and since more ethanol is required for the same power output it might actually help to bump the pressure up a little and see what it does.
but they claim its only supposed to be a 1 or 2 % difference. thats not "that much" more ethanol really. I call upon my car to deliver orders of magnitude more than 1 or 2 % simply by mashing down on the gas pedal to accelerate hard (which it does just fine)

so if there is enough pressure for that logically there is enough pressure for 1 or 2 % (this is all assuming my fuel pump is putting out the correct pressure of course)