Latent heat of vaporization.
-drmiller100;
-Ah, yes, the old latent heat of vaporization trick... Frankly, I remember the term and vaguely what it means, but by your analogy that probably explains why alky is/was used as an injection to cool gasoline cylinders and prevent detonation.
-Other than plans for the (very) short lived race engines which, are virtually rebuilt after every use, can you suggest a source of information for what an engine specifically designed to run on alky would look like? Setting aside the problem of starting in cold weather, I have to go back to my previous post and add another item of interest: method of ignition. If by spark plug, what type at what voltage? One plug or two?
-It sounds as if alky is both more AND less efficient by manner of usage.
-Just to confuse the issue, we had a tractor that started on gas but ran on kerosene. And it was lousy gas for a 1930s era tractor.
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