Anyone running e-85
04-02-2009, 05:13 PM
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I hear that the US might be lifting a tariff/embargo/whatever that will make it easier to move E85 (cane based) from Brazil to the US. That could make it more prevalent. Right now the domestic E85 producers are eating corn poop (not doing well).
There is one E85 retailer here in San Antonio but they are like 30 minutes from where I work (even farther from where I live) so I have not tried it myself yet.
There is one E85 retailer here in San Antonio but they are like 30 minutes from where I work (even farther from where I live) so I have not tried it myself yet.
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04-02-2009, 06:12 PM
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I hear that the US might be lifting a tariff/embargo/whatever that will make it easier to move E85 (cane based) from Brazil to the US. That could make it more prevalent. Right now the domestic E85 producers are eating corn poop (not doing well).
There is one E85 retailer here in San Antonio but they are like 30 minutes from where I work (even farther from where I live) so I have not tried it myself yet.
There is one E85 retailer here in San Antonio but they are like 30 minutes from where I work (even farther from where I live) so I have not tried it myself yet.
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04-02-2009, 06:47 PM
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Word. The Brazilians have E85 well integrated into their infrastructure and are way ahead of us. There is even information published in the papers that indicate whether gas or E85 is a better deal from day to day.
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04-02-2009, 07:15 PM
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Put it this way, are you running a turbo? Did you replace the fuel lines? If you did you are good. I know guys that are running SR's with stock fuel lines...for the most part...and E85. No issues.
You can run it all on it's own too. You don't need to blend it if you have a stand alone. I think the blending is if you don't have a good computer/ECU to upgrade. The SR/RB guys running it here use a friend of mine to tune their ECU's. So if you run it straight you need a tune. If you blend it, you can probably do some small adjustments.
E85 is definitely good for the track/hotter areas/making huge HP. It lowers the knock considerably. There are guys that swear by it. Once I get my standalone (thanks Travis) working and my car moving properly, I am switching over to E85 but also going to be using 91. Just depends on time of year and what I am doing. Some places carry allot of E85 and some don't. Point being, Omaha has allot of E85 places.
You can run it all on it's own too. You don't need to blend it if you have a stand alone. I think the blending is if you don't have a good computer/ECU to upgrade. The SR/RB guys running it here use a friend of mine to tune their ECU's. So if you run it straight you need a tune. If you blend it, you can probably do some small adjustments.
E85 is definitely good for the track/hotter areas/making huge HP. It lowers the knock considerably. There are guys that swear by it. Once I get my standalone (thanks Travis) working and my car moving properly, I am switching over to E85 but also going to be using 91. Just depends on time of year and what I am doing. Some places carry allot of E85 and some don't. Point being, Omaha has allot of E85 places.
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04-02-2009, 07:51 PM
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Im planning to run straight e-85, just asking if the lines can be use with e-85.
What's you car's setup? If it's NA, stick with regular gas. If it's turbo go for it. But you need either a retune, standalone or something to get more fuel into your system. E85 is about 75% of that of gas.
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04-03-2009, 09:49 AM
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Put it this way, are you running a turbo? Did you replace the fuel lines? If you did you are good. I know guys that are running SR's with stock fuel lines...for the most part...and E85. No issues.
You can run it all on it's own too. You don't need to blend it if you have a stand alone. I think the blending is if you don't have a good computer/ECU to upgrade. The SR/RB guys running it here use a friend of mine to tune their ECU's. So if you run it straight you need a tune. If you blend it, you can probably do some small adjustments.
E85 is definitely good for the track/hotter areas/making huge HP. It lowers the knock considerably. There are guys that swear by it. Once I get my standalone (thanks Travis) working and my car moving properly, I am switching over to E85 but also going to be using 91. Just depends on time of year and what I am doing. Some places carry allot of E85 and some don't. Point being, Omaha has allot of E85 places.
You can run it all on it's own too. You don't need to blend it if you have a stand alone. I think the blending is if you don't have a good computer/ECU to upgrade. The SR/RB guys running it here use a friend of mine to tune their ECU's. So if you run it straight you need a tune. If you blend it, you can probably do some small adjustments.
E85 is definitely good for the track/hotter areas/making huge HP. It lowers the knock considerably. There are guys that swear by it. Once I get my standalone (thanks Travis) working and my car moving properly, I am switching over to E85 but also going to be using 91. Just depends on time of year and what I am doing. Some places carry allot of E85 and some don't. Point being, Omaha has allot of E85 places.
Now... I do have a question for everyone......... What AFRs are you seeing while running E85?
Cheers,
Prospero
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04-05-2009, 10:05 AM
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E85 not only has a higher 'octane' rating, but when it vaporizes, ethanol absorbs a lot more energy than gasoline. Therefore the intake charge (post-injector) ends up being cooler as well.
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