[severous01]

what i'm looking for is a fuel alternative, and alcohol is only at 2/gal right now. that's going to be about half the price by the end of the week. if i don't have to do much i'd like to run alcohol. there are many benefits to doing this, just a few: runs cooler, burns cleaner, doesnt detonate, cheaper...just for a few pluses.

any way, what needs to be done to run alcohol? fuel filter change? pump change? timing changes? injector changes? ECM changes?

[severous01]

i talked to a car guru buddy of mine. this is what he says:

injectors have to be changed. since gas runs at 14:1 and alcohol runs at 7:1, you basically have to double whatever injector pressure you're running now.

you have to eliminate all emissions equipment. 02 sensors will read more o2 in the exhaust since alcohol is an "oxygenated" fuel. since it already has oxygen in it, the o2 levels in the exhaust are far more than that of gas, so the ECM will pump more fuel in until exhaust becomes that of what gas needs.

alcohol does not eat aluminum, however, it does destroy rubber. all rubber lines for gas must be swapped over to a teflon lined or braided steel. also, if the fuel tank is not stainless steel or plastic, it also has to be swapped.

he suggested running a carb type system because most people running alcohol do not run with injectors. it's easier to run a blown/carb'd system and there is way more potential than with injectors.

Alcohol does not detonate under pressure like gas. pressures of upwards around 80 PSI have been reached on blown apps and did not detonate like gas does.