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The Finns (from Finland) pulled a Russian T34 tank, with German capture markings out of a bog where it had sat from 1944 to 2008. They had it running in 2 hours, on the fuel in the fuel tank and I think it was sold on ebay.
I had a 1971 Honda CB350 that sat from 1983 unitl 2011 (28 years), got it running fine, replacing only the petcock, fuel lines, float valves and seats. Even the carb float chamber gaskets were good. I even rode it on the original tires.
I doubt you could get an ethanol carbed vehicle to pass current federal emissions.
I do like the SU type carbs that had a single fuel delivery point without any accelerator pump, variable venturi type carbs are neat but I don't think they are even selling motorcycles (at least in Cali) with carburetors.
Drove the wifes Kia Sorento home yesterday from the DC area, most of the time the cruise was set at 69 MPH. Got home with the factory MPG gauge reading 33.3 MPG.
45 years ago I got that same mileage in my 59 Bug eye Sprite on average with a 998 cc engine and weighing just over 1000 pounds.
You could run a lot higher compression in an alcohol fueled engine. When was the last time an indy car was carbureted?
The DB601 engine in the WW2 era ME109 had direct fuel injection as did their pre war grand prix cars (not sure if they were direct injected or port injected).
regards
Mech
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