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Didn't (early) engines run significantly better with it? Less knocking, if nothing else? That was the stated rationale, anyway. It was an anti-knock compound
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
Didn't (early) engines run significantly better with it? Less knocking, if nothing else?
That was the stated rationale, anyway. It was an anti-knock compound. So, was that false? Did it not help knocking at all? Or was reducing knocking not a benefit at all?
- maxerickson 2y agoYou also have to consider alternatives. Ethanol was skipped because it was more expensive, and then we circled back around once we realized that we were contaminating ground water with MTBE.