alternative fuel/stupid idea?

[Joe Boucher]

Shannen Durphey wrote:

>   It's been awhile since I took chemistry.  Doesn't the stoichiometric ratio
> indicate the point where all components in a reaction combine?  What I mean is, at
> the stoichiometric ratio, the products of the reaction should contain none of the
> original reactants, correct?

YES!  Gasoline and oxygen should end up as H20 and CO2.  I'm sure you
realise this, but allow me to be clear, theory and real world hardly
ever meet exactly.  That's why we end up with NO2 and unburned
hydrocarbons.

Joe (Professor for 15 seconds) Boucher
'70 RS/SS Camaro  '81 TBI Suburban