You may ask, "why does Dr. D want to run ethanol" if it is going to be a pain.

* Methanol is extremely toxic - one teaspoon can kill a normal person
* Cellulosic ethanol is a future fuel that could have a large impact on reducing greenhouse gases

I do not care how much power or how well the engine runs. I would just prefer that the engine runs on a fuel that shows future potential. Ideally, in the future we can get CPE students involved to make cellulosic ethanol to run in our engines showing even more collaboration between different departments.

I DO NOT CARE if you destroy that engine we have on the 1/8th scale car trying to get it to run E-85. What you might want to do is build a small test stand to separate the engine from the car and test different combos of E-85 and lubricating oils (like castor oil). If the engine dies, in the immortal words of Ivan Drago: "If he dies, he dies".