[2011GT302]

Is anyone running E85? What are the pros and cons?
Thanks for any and all answers.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by 2001GT302

Is anyone running E85? What are the pros and cons?
Thanks for any and all answers.

st-evo-9*corn fed-8urvet runs or at least ran it in his Evo.

You can see his Evo here from about 5:25

[Shaolin Crane]

Its nasty shit, highly corrosive, getting more expensive daily and harder to find.

[2011GT302]

So your saying I would not gain anything by going to E85?

[blackax]

Originally Posted by 2001GT302

So your saying I would not gain anything by going to E85?

Its good if you have a FI car so you can turn the boost up higher because of the higher octane, but because it is so hard to find it means you need a way to reset your tune if you are just gonna run 91.

If you have a Fi car just run meth. It is very simple and easy to use.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by blackax

Its good if you have a FI car so you can turn the boost up higher because of the higher octane, but because it is so hard to find it means you need a way to reset your tune if you are just gonna run 91.

If you have a Fi car just run meth. It is very simple and easy to use.

It's not just the higher octane, it's the cooling effects of alcohol as it evaporates. E85 is a spectacular fuel for FI. While alcohol has some corrosive effects, modern fuel systems are designed to take some alcohol (because any fuel can have up to 10% alcohol), so it isn't such a big deal in modern cars (old ones, different story). The largest issue other than a need for an E85 tune is availability. Distribution just isn't spreading CA.

I like E85 as a concept fine, but like many things it's economically retarded. Ethanol production fails the market test badly and requires major subsidization (you're paying for it from taxes), and because we're often extra dumb in the US we make it from a food crop which then drives up commodity prices around the world.

[Shaolin Crane]

Its cheaper to just run your car on alcohol. About $1 a gallon, sounds much better to me.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

Its cheaper to just run your car on alcohol. About $1 a gallon, sounds much better to me.

Where do you get ethanol at $1/gal?

[Shaolin Crane]

Buy it by the barrel

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

Buy it by the barrel

Where? Do you need a license? Technically you'd need a permit in almost any city to store than much of a flammable. Also, you'd have to take serious precautions with storing E100 as it is massively hydroscopic.