Ferrari Mailing List: ethanol

[dale sailors (sailorsdaleedward]

Hi,

    Does ethanol or alcohol based fuel negatively affect Ferraris past or present?

    What components are potentially harmed?

    Back when I rode BMW M/Cs, gas with ethanol would ruin diaphrams and seals in BING carbs very quickly. I retrofitted R90S model DELLORTO carbs which seemed to have no problem.  SHELL aviation gas ran wonderfully in those machines too! The local small airport would fill up the tank with no questions about road tax.

      Ciao

      Dale

PS Just read the Bleacher Report, F1 is getting like pro wrestling!