-> Craig Healy wrote in a message to Roland Balke:
->
-> CH> One thing I can't address is the long-term storage of alcohol.
-> CH> I don't think it will turn to varnish, as gasoline tends to do,
-> CH> but it may deteriorate into some other compound.  And I'm not
-> CH> sure 160-proof alcohol would work well.  That's 20% water in
-> CH> there...
->
-> Highly concentrated alcohol *will* tend to absorb water from wherever
-> it,  including humidity from the atmosphere.  This is not necessarily
-> problem,  though.
Starting with 160 proof means there is 20% water right from the git-go.
I personally would try to figure out how to brew methanol.  No license
required for that, as there probably is with Ethanol.
-> Back when I had internet access I used to subscribe to a mailing
-> list called DIY-EFI,  and it sure had some interesting discussions
-> in it.  There were people in there who talked about such stuff as
-> modifying the code in engine computers,  and such stuff...!
->
-> Anyhow,  there were some discussions in there about really pushing
-> the performance of certain small engines,  and one of the things
-> that went on in that discussion was talk about _deliberately_ adding
-> water to the fuel mix in order to make the engine run cooler.
->
-> Just thought I'd toss that in there...
->
-> Anybody know if engines that run on Alcohol run cooler?
I remember reading in older hot rod magazines that alcohol
runs much cooler than gasoline...
-c-
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