New fuel for GA?

I'm guessing they are measuring fuel efficiency as MPG, so a denser fuel has
better numbers just like the denser diesel fuel has a built in MPG gallon
advantage because it is heavier than relatively light gasoline.
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Mike

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"Eeyore" wrote in message
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Mike Noel wrote:

The synthetic fuel is 15 to 20 percent more fuel-efficient

Pardon ? How exactly is one hydrocarbon fuel "more efficient" than another
?
Engines that are optimised to run on 100LL are AFAIK unlikely to run any
'better' on anything else unless 're-tuned' and I'd imagine that has
associated
certification issues. Sounds like marketing twaddle to me !

Do you have a link to this article ?

Graham

"Mike Noel" wrote in
:

I'm guessing they are measuring fuel efficiency as MPG, so a denser
fuel has better numbers just like the denser diesel fuel has a built
in MPG gallon advantage because it is heavier than relatively light
gasoline.

Well, they do mention volume..


Bertie

Mike Noel wrote:

I'm guessing they are measuring fuel efficiency as MPG, so a denser fuel has
better numbers just like the denser diesel fuel has a built in MPG gallon
advantage because it is heavier than relatively light gasoline.

I can see that might be their idea but the possible practical fuels for ICEs are
fairly limited in scope, at least excluding those that don't give poorer
performance (bhp) like ethanol for example.

Butanol which can indeed be made from bio-sources is closest to gasoline in
overall performance but I'm not aware of any supposed 'efficiency' advantage.

Would be interested in hearing more of substance rather than marketing copy.

Graham

Eeyore wrote in
:



Mike Noel wrote:

I'm guessing they are measuring fuel efficiency as MPG, so a denser
fuel has better numbers just like the denser diesel fuel has a built
in MPG gallon advantage because it is heavier than relatively light
gasoline.

I can see that might be their idea but the possible practical fuels
for ICEs are fairly limited in scope, at least excluding those that
don't give poorer performance (bhp) like ethanol for example.

Butanol which can indeed be made from bio-sources is closest to
gasoline in overall performance but I'm not aware of any supposed
'efficiency' advantage.

Would be interested in hearing more of substance rather than marketing
copy.

Why you running Avgas in your Austin Alegro now?


Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Eeyore wrote
Mike Noel wrote:

I'm guessing they are measuring fuel efficiency as MPG, so a denser
fuel has better numbers just like the denser diesel fuel has a built
in MPG gallon advantage because it is heavier than relatively light
gasoline.

I can see that might be their idea but the possible practical fuels
for ICEs are fairly limited in scope, at least excluding those that
don't give poorer performance (bhp) like ethanol for example.

Butanol which can indeed be made from bio-sources is closest to
gasoline in overall performance but I'm not aware of any supposed
'efficiency' advantage.

Would be interested in hearing more of substance rather than marketing
copy.

Why you running Avgas in your Austin Alegro now?

Jealous, Bertie ?
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?ado67storyf.htm

It's the Quartic steering wheel that really kills me.

Graham

Eeyore wrote in
:



Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Eeyore wrote
Mike Noel wrote:

I'm guessing they are measuring fuel efficiency as MPG, so a
denser
fuel has better numbers just like the denser diesel fuel has a
built
in MPG gallon advantage because it is heavier than relatively
light
gasoline.

I can see that might be their idea but the possible practical fuels
for ICEs are fairly limited in scope, at least excluding those that
don't give poorer performance (bhp) like ethanol for example.

Butanol which can indeed be made from bio-sources is closest to
gasoline in overall performance but I'm not aware of any supposed
'efficiency' advantage.

Would be interested in hearing more of substance rather than
marketing
copy.

Why you running Avgas in your Austin Alegro now?

Jealous, Bertie ?
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?ado67storyf.htm

It's the Quartic steering wheel that really kills me.

Graham


Oh yeah, I really really want to live my life in the open sewer that is
Britain. color me jealous.



Bertie