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Who has an alternative recipe for our gas tanks?
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You could run neat ethanol (well, you’d have to denature it) if you decked the head to increase the compression ratio. With a permit from BATFE (if you’re in the USA) you could distill your own from sugar (or other things). You’d also need to talk to your state gov’t, and pay the road taxes on what you distill and use.Who has an alternative recipe for our gas tanks?
With a permit from BATFE (if you’re in the USA)
My answer: no gas tank on my Zero motorcycle.
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And I forgot: When you deck the head, the timing chain will be too long, so valve timing will be off. There isn’t exactly a convenient way to deal with that on the NCX. I also cannot assure you that the tensioner will take up the slack adequately if you just ignore the valve mis-timing and run it as-is.You could run neat ethanol (well, you’d have to denature it) if you decked the head to increase the compression ratio. With a permit from BATFE (if you’re in the USA) you could distill your own from sugar (or other things). You’d also need to talk to your state gov’t, and pay the road taxes on what you distill and use.
You’d also have to replace all the rubber and polymer parts with ethanol-resistant materials, reprogram the ECU, and probably replace the fuel injector with a higher-flow unit. You _might_ get away with significantly increasing fuel rail pressure instead.
That’s it.
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EDITED TO ADD:
If you deck the head and make those other changes, you can NOT go back to pump (or probably any) gasoline.
Who has an alternative recipe for our gas tanks?
Is this going to be like the toilet paper all over again?I hope You don't start a national emergency with such a heading
I didn't realize an unleaded avgas was developed/approved yet. I knew they were working on alternatives to 100LL, but I didn't know any got past the R&D stage. How common is UL94 down there?If you live near an airport that sells Swift Fuels UL94 (unleaded Avgas), you can use that as autogas, with an octane rating of approximately 99 ((R+M)/2 method). Avgas has much higher stability and a longer shelf life, so you could easily stock up on it and use it over 6 - 12 months without worrying about additional stabilizer or having it go bad.
On the other hand, it is $4.19/gal at the nearest location where I live, so quite a bit more pricy. For me, I'm just going to risk it and keep buying gas as needed
avgas at $4.19 is aviation gas,,,,you know, for airplanes....you dont find avgas at the normal gas station....You get that at the airport or airport hangers.$4.19 a gall.
And I thought the $3.14 I saw yesterday was bad. Normal here is $2.99.
Isnt California fun!?!?!! And I just guessing where you live by the price of gas!
And 100LL is generally 60% more expensive than Regular pump gas.avgas at $4.19 is aviation gas,,,,you know, for airplanes....you dont find avgas at the normal gas station....You get that at the airport or airport hangers.