ORIGINAL: mrbigg
ORIGINAL: flatspinjim
We have it here in Colorado and the fuel milage with it drops in half. Right now it's more expensive than unleaded( not sure how long that will last). It might run great in race engines, but I wouldn't classify our airplane engines as racers, or not the average flyer anyway.
Those 70 monte's are bad dudes when set up right, must be lots of fun!
That's the problem main with the stuff- less Miles per Gallon. Everybody that I've talked to that has ran the stuff, didn't keep using it. The Monte is alot of fun. The 454 has turned the back tires into slicks so I'm going to have to get a new set this spring.
If your Monte starts loading up, check the float.
Early Gasohol use (I was in Iowa, at the time) resulted in butyl rubber floats absorbing mass from the fuel, becoming heavier, then sinking. They finally changed the compound to be compatible, by now yours is probably okay.
I must've sold a hundred floats (QJ & other Rochester, some Carter) and a similar number of Chrysler accelerator pumps back in the 70's & 80's, many attributed to gasohol. GM & Ford would adjust okay to it, but there were certain early year Chrysler products that I couldn't get to run during warmup on gasohol.
There was a Kohler engine (IH Cub?) that had a pingpong ball looking float, it would swell up in the presence of alcohol and stick in the float chamber. Boy did that cause talk at the coffee shop.
Best wishes,
Dave Olson