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Daox · 10-16-2018, 10:00 AM

I believe in order to run an efficient ethanol engine compared to gas, you really have to bump up the compression ratio into diesel territory. I think I've heard 14-17:1. Adjusting ignition timing and cam timing will only do so much. So, you can probably do this with a turbo or something that actually does alter the compression ratio like Nissan's VC-T technology.

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