I ran my Farmall M on e85 last summer to see how it worked.. I stated with a tank of 50/50 blend of gas/e85 and after opening the main jet some it worked great. Next tank I used 100% e85. I found I would have to rework the carb to flow enough. Ran ok under light load but when the gov would kick in, it fell on it's face. I never had any issue with starting on e85, But haven't tried it in the winter yet, it was 70-80* at the time. Found the carb and lower intake would frost up easier. I do wonder if I had a distilate carb if it would flow better. I don't know the differances in one.
A blower would not make better use of e85 or 100%alcohol unless you was using full power all the time. A blower would increase cylinder pressure yes, but only under full power, wide open throttle conditions. Are you tractor pulling?
A better setup would be to use a lp head and/or dome pistons to increase the compression ratio. Get a better squeeze on it every time
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