Re: Ethanol Injection
I was thinking some more on that DOE pitch... I find this approach more interesting the more I think about it.
Not only do you get much more factory power from a given displacement (about 130HP/L) but the DI-ethanol effecively makes pulling timing a thing of the past and a last-restort pre-detonation safety-net strategy rather than the first thing the tune does because it should never occur -- especially since the E85DI is used when under severe loads and/or high torque so that the high effective CRs can be fully exploited.
This would seem to make for an ideal race set-up as well! ...tho I bet the ECU and calibration logic/tables will be way more complex than today's engines.
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 Of course we still want a DOHC alloy big block!
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