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Encourage Auto Companies to Improve Multi-Fuel Engines
Bob has an idea and you can help. Car companies are working on engines that use things like variable timing, compression ratios, etc., to get the same or similar mileage no matter what blends of gasoline and ethanol you use. Tell the car companies that you don’t want to have to do differential euqations in your head to figure out if you are getting a good deal buying E85 fuel. Tell the car companies that you want to use the most economical appropriate fuel to go as far as you can. Tell the car companies that you want this; that you will buy this; that they should produce these engines NOW!
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On February 16th, 2011 at 7:22 pm Bill Lorch Said:
I drive a ’99 Ford red ranger V-6 FLEX fuel I usely burn e-85 However i am working on a Hydrogen generator for it . this will put the gas into the intake air stream an the air/hydro mix will appear at the port where the E-85 is injected into the intake valve stream..Not a fix all but incr. mileage a lot im hoping.use discarded “STUFF” for this project.
On June 28th, 2011 at 10:06 pm B. Lee Blankenship Said:
The U.S. military has had multifuel engines in many types of vehicles for decades. This technology should readily be transferred to civilian vehicle use. For example, Ford Motors has in the past provided a commercial Bi-fuel (gasoline/CNG or gasoline/Propane) option for some of its F-series pickup trucks and currently has an additional FlexFuel option for gasoline/E-85 use. For consideration, maybe a multiengine variant should be added to the line up as well to include a diesel and other multifuel configurations. I currently own both an FFV and a gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle and cannot see ever going back to a single fuel use vehicle.
On June 29th, 2011 at 10:53 am Joel Goldberg Said:
Fantastic thought!
It’s interesting that you “cannot see ever going back to a single fuel use vehicle.” I was under the impression that multifuel engines have problems at the moment they reach capacity for one engine type and switch to another (e.g. the Prius from electric to gas). But obviously they have not deterred you.
Thanks for the input! Keep scanning our site and submitting your comments.
Joel