Detonation in my 59AB engine

[Pete]

Originally Posted by B-O-B

Pete said:
"For Saturday night drags at the drive-in go back to advanced and av gas.
Just the smell of av gas exhaust will scare the competition half to death.....LOL"
And the price will scare you!!! the rest of the way. !!!

Consider this. Locally, gas is roughly 6 bucks a gallon right now.
Alcohol is roughly 70 bucks a barrel. (1.27 a gallon) But you need roughly 3 times as much alcohol for proper mixture. 1.27 x 3 = 3.81.
Looks to me like burning straight alcohol is a fairly good bargain for a flathead Ford engine running Stromberg carbs. They can be converted to alcohol with nothing more than a few drills.
As a side effect of converting to alcohol with no other mods, you gain about 10% hp. You will need to replace the rubber hose at the fuel pump with a neoprene one but you should have done that for gas anyway.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the exhaust from alcohol smells even better than that from av-gas....