As for the ethanol, you only need 1% gasoline or some other denaturant to make it legal (non-drinkable). My ultimate goal is to have a functional vehicle that can run on locally produced fuel. I have well over 200,000 miles running my F250 on veg oil. The truck has almost 300k on the clock and...
I have a '95 F-150 with a 300/5-speed. I do a lot of work with renewable energy. I bought this truck as a test mule for two different types of renewable energy: straight ethanol (no gasoline) and wood gas (biomass gasification). In both cases, higher compression is better and advanced timing...