Are you serious? People dumped gasoline, ongoing, into the Ohio river. My god we have come a long way...luckily.
Got you on the combustion speed of gasoline. The impulse of the reaction. Needs to be more like the application of energy by a person on a bike.
Thanks for the overview. Very in depth. Interesting what you got out of the Cobalt with no comp ratio changes. The power increase sounds typical. Was it still running closed loop? If so, it means that just increasing the timing created so much more torque, that the airflow through the engine was reduced by a considerable amount and MPG went from a typical 25-30mpg on E85 up to 38mpg.
Looking forward to your work on the optimal timing. That could get my E85 drinking LS7 down to much cleaner gas type mileage while still making a lazy 700Nm TQ. (well, clean, acetyldehyde and formaldehyde aside :( ).
EFIlive is not all NZ.
GMPX is in "Melben" as his sig says. And Mr Blacky resides in NZ, but I believe he is an Aussie as well.
I know a guy in the oil and gas business in Singapore...he got into that industry 20+ years ago. Apparently there was an oil shortage back then as well and continuously since. Nothing has changed except the price. Yes I agree, its all about money.
Smokey Yunick managed to build a very thermally efficient gasoline engine maybe 30 years ago. High power, low fuel consumption. That didnt get far. Killed off I guess. Hope your work survives.