Running on Ethanol

Quimrider · 08-18-2007, 02:57 PM

I don't know if anyone's tried this, but I think it would be interesting to see a GZ250 running on alcohol. I read in the service manual and all it said was that it wasn't recommended. I suspect since you'd be running really really really lean. E85 has an ideal combustion ratio of about 9.7 to 1 where Gasoline is about 14.7 to 1. I don't plan to do this myself but I thought it would be an intersting topic to discuss.

While we're at it... any thoughts on a propane conversion?

08-18-2007, 02:57 PM	#1
Quimrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 198	Running on Ethanol I don't know if anyone's tried this, but I think it would be interesting to see a GZ250 running on alcohol. I read in the service manual and all it said was that it wasn't recommended. I suspect since you'd be running really really really lean. E85 has an ideal combustion ratio of about 9.7 to 1 where Gasoline is about 14.7 to 1. I don't plan to do this myself but I thought it would be an intersting topic to discuss. While we're at it... any thoughts on a propane conversion? Login or Register to Remove Ads
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