Re: [2cylinderhondas] Re: E85 with the 600?

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Re: [2cylinderhondas] Re: E85 with the 600?

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There are more things to think about when turning a normally aspired internal combustion engine over to alcohol.  From the tank all they way to and including the piston rings.  Including seals and other rubber items.
Right now the accelerator pump, fuel pump and throttle shaft seals are being eaten away by the 15% alcohol that is mixed already.  Heck with the jets, you need a whole new fuel delivery system.  But then if you throw enough money at anything it will work.  Anyway, don't take my word for it, look it up on the internet and compare your Honda 600 with a Indy racer's fuel system.
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of > Miles > Sent:
> Monday, February 23, 2009 7:31
> PM
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> Subject:
> [2cylinderhondas] Re: E85 with the 600?
> Is that Ethonol? If it is I took a class on producing alcohol as a
> fuel. We got all the way into making the still and what to use to make
> the fuel with. To get the car to run they said you have to pre-heat the
> fuel by wrapping a coiled tube around your radiator hose (a regular
> car) and you had to start it with gasoline possibly I forget as it was
> back in 1981.
> If you made your own ethonol you had to add 5%
> gasoline just so you
> could see the fire, in case of a fire. What would you
> have to do to
> make a 600 run on it?
> Miles
> --- In
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> ,
> "infinkc" wrote:
> > Im thinking of
> convertion my 600 to E85, has anyone else considered
> > this route? I
> finally have a station that has it at the pump
> locally.
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