If so what was done how is it running?
new search blows, has anyone converted to run E85?
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If so what was done how is it running?
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why would you even want to?
less energy content per gallon.
I guess if you had high compression, to prevent predet...
why would you want to?
less energy content per gallon.
I guess if you had high compression, to prevent predet...
why would you want to?
One of the best things that you can do that will help the performance of your car and it will allow your car to run longer because the engine will be cleaner, is to fill up your gas tank only to 3/4 with regular gas, preferably premium, then you fill up the 1/4 left with E85. For this you do not need to change anything from your fuel injection system. The mixture of E85 with premium gas will give you a cleaner mixture of fuel, it will help you out prevent pre-ignition under high compression or boost, and you should see some increase on you MPG of about 5-7miles. I have been doing this for a couple of months, after my chemestry teacher told me about it, and I'm very happy with it and I've had no problem with my car. Give it a try, it will not hurt your car :thumbup:
In the end the cost is about the same so your first argument is wrong. If you can find a way to predetonate on E85 with your low compression 8v LMK. LOL I dont even think it would be possible.why would you even want to?
less energy content per gallon.
I guess if you had high compression, to prevent predet...
why would you want to?
That said this stuff is not very good for fuel distributors so I would net use it with CIS.
i have heard gas stations mix a summer and winter blend
the ethanol content in summer increases slightly? i think it goes up to E10?
which i guess means 10% ethanol in summer?
some people say it gives better gas mileage?
but yeah controversy of this on the effect of older cars that are incapable of burning the ethanol properly
the ethanol content in summer increases slightly? i think it goes up to E10?
which i guess means 10% ethanol in summer?
some people say it gives better gas mileage?
but yeah controversy of this on the effect of older cars that are incapable of burning the ethanol properly
The ethanol content goes up from ~ 75% to about ~85% actually.
And the people who cry about less MPG. You make that up by the fact that its cheaper per gallon.
The shop I work at builds and tunes imports all day long with E85. We do have it readily available where I live as well though.
And the people who cry about less MPG. You make that up by the fact that its cheaper per gallon.
The shop I work at builds and tunes imports all day long with E85. We do have it readily available where I live as well though.
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It also burns alot cooler, so it reduces intake temps dramatically helping the engine operate at cooler temps. This doesn't make much of a difference to a street car but for racing it is a huge benefit. The intake temps on the turbo rally car are insane, we considered making the switch however it is nearly impossible to find over here, and even more difficult to get where our regional Rallys are held
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Personally I'd have to drive over 50 miles one way to fill up on e85, and even then it's a whopping 45 cents a gallon cheaper. 3$ at 30 mpg = .10$ a mile 2.55$ at 25 mpg = .102$ a mile. A friend of mine went from 14 mpg in his pickup to 7mpg when he tried ethanol on a cross country road trip hauling his trailer. e85 was not 1/2 the cost of gasoline. He will never use it again. besides the fact that ethanol is a "renewable" fuel. It raises the price of all things corn related, including milk, steak, perhaps even goat cheese, if you're into that sort of thing. Besides the fact that "renewable" means it takes about 3 times the energy to grow corn and turn it into fuel, than you get out of the fuel you created. you wanna save the world? hug a tree and, buy a diesel.
perhaps I was unclear in my first post. Unless you have predet issues in a high compression engine, why run higher octane? again, less energy content.
besides that, 110 octane jus ain't gonna cut it. my daily driver has >18:1 compression :laugh:
^ it's wonderfully corrosive.
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