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Originally Posted by 1slow370
or it could be a relation to the flame speed of the two fuels, I'm not sure if there is a burn speed difference between e85 and 93 as in when the initial ignition takes place how long and how gradually does the cylinder come up to pressure. ...
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I'm not a Chemist or Combustion Engineer but I have been around some, uhhh, "unintended experiments" with both gasoline and EtOH explosions at atmospheric pressure. In my experience, gasoline makes a much louder boom than EtOH. I'm not sure if that holds up under the pressure of an engine.
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