10-26-2007, 04:19 PM
Corn is a poor source for ethanol, overall net energy loss as some people have said. Switchgrass is a better source for it, or we can get the cellulose-eating bacteria on a roll and might have something.
You're going to want a pump with a stainless steel rotor assembly inside it, I believe Ford F-150s have this type of pump, at least 90s models or something like that. Otherwise though, I haven't heard of problems with ethanol, leaving it sitting might be a bad idea though. People with even late 80s, early 90s mustangs have switched on stock fuel systems and haven't had problems. A guy on Turboford.net tried it in a 2.3T engine and loved it, someone on Turbomustangs.com did it and made over 1000 whp on a turbo V8.
You're going to want a pump with a stainless steel rotor assembly inside it, I believe Ford F-150s have this type of pump, at least 90s models or something like that. Otherwise though, I haven't heard of problems with ethanol, leaving it sitting might be a bad idea though. People with even late 80s, early 90s mustangs have switched on stock fuel systems and haven't had problems. A guy on Turboford.net tried it in a 2.3T engine and loved it, someone on Turbomustangs.com did it and made over 1000 whp on a turbo V8.
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1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbocoupe (Parked with no drivetrain)
1987 Merkur XR4Ti - Needs help but drives sorta
1984 Mustang SVO - SDS IRS TT DOHC 2.3