Would this work? There's a couple stations that sell E85 fuel and it's about 20 cents a gallon cheaper than 87, and rated at 105 octane. If I blended a few gallons into 91 octane gasoline that already contains 10% ethanol, would it hurt anything?
I can't see it being all that harmful really, other than maybe screwing up the fuel trims from the added oxygen content of the fuel.
Any idea on what the mix ratio would have to be to achieve and end batch octane of ~94-95?
Any thoughts are welcome.
I've thought about trying some straight up in my 17HP Ariens garden tractor too...It would be simple since I can manually adjust fuel mixture and ignition timing to be optimum for it.
Anything to get that stinky thing to clean up a little is worthwhile as far as I'm concerned. The exhaust smell is just nauseating on anything but race gas (smells like the dragstrip then), and that gets a little pricey to mow the grass with.
I can't see it being all that harmful really, other than maybe screwing up the fuel trims from the added oxygen content of the fuel.
Any idea on what the mix ratio would have to be to achieve and end batch octane of ~94-95?
Any thoughts are welcome.
I've thought about trying some straight up in my 17HP Ariens garden tractor too...It would be simple since I can manually adjust fuel mixture and ignition timing to be optimum for it.
Anything to get that stinky thing to clean up a little is worthwhile as far as I'm concerned. The exhaust smell is just nauseating on anything but race gas (smells like the dragstrip then), and that gets a little pricey to mow the grass with.