E85 ????????

[Mike202]

Originally Posted by fusionfronty99

actually yes, alcohol is used in drag cars, but the E85 produced for economic consumption has a very low octane rating and a very wide varying one at that

Wrong.

From http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/e85t...r_training.ppt

Octane
•E85: 100-plus octane (as high as 105 or more)
•Typical Gasoline: 86-94

More references:
Crunching the Numbers on Alternative Fuels - Popular Mechanics
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
What You Need to Know About E85 Ethanol Alternative Fuel - Hot Rod Magazine

[thebrandon]

Originally Posted by CT_Nismo

E85 is a waste of time and good American resources. If it were not for governmental support, ethanol as a fuel would die. Our political leaders would rather curry favor with corn producing States rather than solve the energy problem the correct way.

It's not "Pork Fat Rules!", it's "Pork Barrel Rules!"

cheaper than hydrogen

[loopydoo]

stay away from E85. our truck isn't designed for it, and i can promise it won't do it any good. we've had a LOT of cars coming in the last couple months that are either towed in ebcause they just won't run at all, or towed in because they ran so shitty the ownder decided it wasn't worth trying to drive it. first step we do is pull some of the gas out of it in a pop bottle and shake it up wiht a little water to see if it's gas or E85... every time it's E85. drain the tank, rill it with fresh gas and suddenly it runs great again. all because the customer wanted to save 2 or 3 bucks on a tank of gas.