[s-cars] E85

[W.G. Giles]

In Chevy trucks that can run E85 the gas milage is lower than running  
on 87.  I read it in one of the Car mags and it is true of my  
Suburban as well.  As for power my truck seemed about the same, I  
would like to put it on the Dyno to see if there is a power diff.

W.G.

On Jul 26, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Jim Green wrote:

> 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
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