kawa74
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posted January 11, 2012 09:59 PM
Ethanol and BSFC
Ethanol has only 2 thirds the energy as Gasoline,
Performance can suffer as content ( % ) of Ethanol Increases.
Without Advancing Ignition timing when using Ethanol BSFC will suffer Tremendously !!!
BSFC = Brake Specific Fuel Consumption
BSFC is a Better measure of POWER per fuel unit !!
A/F ratio and BSFC are not Equivalent !!!
Here is a good explaination and what it means to tuning for max Tq and HP
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http://www.land-and-sea.com/dyno-tech-talk/using_bsfc.htm
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