how do you convert a lawn mower engine to run on ethanol?

i need to make a go kart that runs on an ethanol lawn mower engine. i dont care about the fuel or the advantages or disadvantages. i know what ethanol is...i just need to kno how to do the actual conversion i heard somthing about making a "jet" bigger but i dont think that applys to lawn mower engines

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  1. MISTER TWO says:
    March 7, 2010 at 11:13 am

    If you’re talking about a two stroke engine, it can’t be done.

    The oil won’t dissolve in ethanol. The more ethanol, the less lubrication the engine gets, the more wear and tear it suffers.

    Now, to make this even more fun, ethanol is hygroscopic. The higher the concentration of ethanol, the more it wants to soak water out of the atmosphere. So now you’ve got something that won’t mix with oil, soaks up water, and both of these are the death spiral on two stroke lawnmower engines.

    Sorry man.


 
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