[FC] Alcoholic Corvairs?

[Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser]

Hey CE.... how much does methyl alcohol cost these days?
Any difference between methyl and ethyl alcohol?
thanx
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <CorvairEd at aol.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Re: Does this seem right? Boycott time????


> In a message dated 4/25/05 1:40:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> srmarti at netzero.net writes:
> Except that Corvairs run on gasoline this probably isn't the best forum 
> for
> this anyway.
> Steve,
> I ran my 61 Rampside on methyl alcohol for 6 mounts about 25 years ago 
> with
> good results.  I also custom built a 110/164 Corvair engine to run on 
> ethyl
> alcohol and it put out more HP and no pollution.  On an emissions test 
> they
> thought their machine was broken till I told them it was fueled by 
> alcohol.  And
> the oil never got dirty.
>
> Ed Corson (CORSA member)
> Inland Empire Corvair Club
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