Originally Posted by zipper06
Not a good plan with alcohol, i know some guys that run a 305 sprint car were the rules mandate stock type piston and heads on alcohol, the biggest problem with them is you have to run atleast a .030 ring gap on the top ring, or you'll pull the top off due to the heat, and that much end gap causes the clyinders to wash down on warm up, and milk the oil pretty bad. It's not easy or cheap to build a good reliable engine to run alcohol. It's kinda like throwing a 200 shot of nitrous on a bone stock, engine, you can do it but for how long :?:
JMO
Zip.
Milky oil...I remember coming across that in a forum somewhere early in my research. If I recall it correctly, there was talk about hitting the intake with something to get it going on cold starts and pulling the the fuel cutoff half-way out, up to the water box and after the line. I do realize that there's more pre and post maintenance care with running alcohol. Need to check into that issue....tks zip