Topic: 550 rear sprocket question

[cwchan]

hmm... reading this thread means i have a non-stock rear sprocket.   I only get to 100kph at around 7-8000 rpm....>:\

[lucky]

17/37 is stock and what my 550's have that get 45-50MPG on good gas.  (I haven't measured with the ethanol contamination. I'd expect 3% down for that.)

Ethanol is not contamination.
Ethanol is ethyl alcohol.
Ethanol BTU=76,000
Gasoline (summer)=114,000 BTU

Ethanol makes gasoline burn cleaner.
Sometimes a 3% loss in MPG, and sometimes up to 40% less MPG!
Makes you wonder. Cleaner air though.

It takes .5 to 1.5 gallons of gas to produce 1 gallon of ethanol.

But direct fuel injection systems now use 65:1 ratio of air to gas!
Our old Hondas used about 14:1 air to gas.

Things are getting better.

[TwoTired]

17/37 is stock and what my 550's have that get 45-50MPG on good gas.  (I haven't measured with the ethanol contamination. I'd expect 3% down for that.)

Ethanol is not contamination.

Yes it is.  Look up the meaning of contamination. Ethanol gas is NOT pure gasoline, it is adulterated/contaminated.

Ethanol makes gasoline burn cleaner.

Ethanol makes non-computer controlled engines burn leaner, and use more fuel per mile traveled.

Things are getting better.

Politicians and tax collectors must love you.

We had a separate thread about gasohol.  Did you miss it?  Or, are you cross posting/stumping for the corn industry?

http://mystarbrite.com/startron//content/view/14/37/lang,en/

So, now we get to pay more for fuel, get less value from it, have to buy products to counter it's negative effects, and get taxed more for each portion of a "consumer solution" that didn't have a root problem in the first place.  The government wins again.  Aren't you proud?