[s-cars] E85

[Jim Green]

On 7/25/06, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> just read that E85 has an octane rating of 105.
>
> the possibilities boggle the mind.  what would it take to run this stuff
> in our cars?
>
> -t.
>
>
I'm running it in my car, You don't really need to upgrade to SS lines and
such, it's not corrosive as everyone thinks.  On the flip side, you do need
~30% more fuel capacity depending on how rich you like to run so that
usually means dual fuel pumps and larger lines.

How does the car run on it?  Freaken amaizing, it's better than 104 unleaded
race fuel.  The motor runs cooler, egt's are cooler and it smells good
too:)  Since I have a standalone 034EFI IIC I have the map selector switch
hooked up that allows you to switch between ECU maps.  I have one for 91
octane and one for E85 so I can use regular gas in a pinch.

-- 
Jim Green
'89 90 GT35R quattro
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html