Found this while browsing Wired online magazine.
http://www.ethanolboost.com/

Shoot some ethanol into fuel mix and it cools intake charge.
Supposed to give the boosted engine kick in HP and quench pinging.

Wonder if it really works.
And is the auxilliary washer tank big enough to hold the Ethanol.

Ernest (NYC) Pure Atmo V8.

 

Sigh, Ethanol additive strikes again. I've read the stuff, and unless you run at 900 RPM regularly, or want to up your stoich ratio to about 9:1 (14:1 is normal), it's useless. No matter how you slice it, Ethanol has lower BTU/kG than gasoline. So, no matter how much you use, you will still decrease you total fuel consumption which is referred to as BSFC when you displace gasoline with Ethanol.

What they decided to prove, and then defined the tests to validate, is that at very high MP numbers, auto-ignition occurs(duh), and a coolant can help lower cylinder temps sufficiently to eliminate auto-ignition(duh again). I suspect that the same results could be obtained with only slightly more gasoline being direct injected at the right time, and you would eliminate all the hassles of buying, storing, tanking, and using Ethanol. Ethanol is;

hydroscopic(affinity to water vapor precipitated in storage)
catalytic to butyl and other types of rubber compounds(eats gaskets, hoses, seals)
very low Viscosity(leaks)
smelly(so is gasoline)
expensive(even more than gasoline)

Thanks why they want you to buy it, to make ADM and other agri-businesses even richer.

Flame suit on. Let-er rip.

Doc

 

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...hlight=ethanol

 

Ethanol is effective as a knock suppressant and might help cool the intake charge a bit.

I'm still waiting for the forced induction crew to get over the intercooling haranguing and into the propane injection kit bandwagon. Snowperformance.com , etc.