<VV> RE: drug store alcohol

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

No. ANY alcohol MUST be VERY dry to be effective. With 10% water, NO  alcohol 
will mix with the gasoline. It'll just settle to the bottom of the tank. 
Alcohol does increase octane, but it takes a LOT of it, and just adding  
alcohol will screw up the stoichiometry. There are better octane additives, like  
toluene and xylene. OR just buy good gas!
 
 
In a message dated 11/24/2005 12:09:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bjornyesterday at yahoo.com writes:

List  Members,

I know that there is a 70% drug store alcohol, but there is  also a
90% drug store alcohol.  I would think that the 90% type  would
combine with any water in the gas tank and burn it away.   

On this same subject, does anyone know how this alcohol would  affect
the octane rating of the gas? 

And finally, wasn't it Henry  Ford who said way back in the 1920's
that he believed that cars should be  able to run on alcohol instead
of gasoline?