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Re: Ethanol?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 12/23/2007

Thank you!!!

You're correct about MMT. The Ethyl Corp introduced it in the late seventies -- '77 or '78, I think -- as a successor to tetraethyl lead. It was supposed to have a lot of the octane-enhancing benefits of lead without the poisonous byproducts. Et... Login to read more.