ethanol....E85

JOOP · Sep 20, 2007

ok I was thinking, I know thats dangerous. :redneck:

But lets say you put E85 in a carb'd engine. Will it run??

I was thinking about filling my secondary tank with E85 and giving it a try. Might try on my Lawnmower first. :haha:

Kat · Sep 20, 2007

So, what is ethanol? Ethanol is ethyl alcohol which needs to be 100% pure. Ethanol is the highest performance fuel on the market and keeps today's high-compression engines running smoothly. Ethanol-blended fuel ( such as e85 ) keeps your fuel system clean, cause it does not leave gummy exhausts.

And because ethanol burns cleaner, it produces fewer emissions. Today, all ethanol cars manufacturers approve the use of ethanol blended fuels and even recommend to use ethanol for its positive environmental impacts.

The use of an ethanol will allow to increase the performance of ethanol cars in general. Initial tests showed that ethanol may also extend from 20 to 80% the engine's maintenance. The conversion of existing engines is not only feasible, but also cost effective.

One of the most convenient ethanol-gasoline mixtures is called e85 and consists of 85% ethanol to 15% gasoline. Ethanol fueled cars are specially designed to run well as on the mixture of ethanol to gas as on alcohol fuel, moreover, they are able to detect the specific ratio of ethanol to gas and adjust themselves accordingly to run as efficiently as possible. Ethanol cars that run on ethanol can also run on regular gas, too, that's how flexible they really are!
http://www.abcesso.com/news/company-puts-e85-ethanol-in-your-gas-tank.html

Kat

JOOP · Sep 20, 2007

so basically its possible... hummmmm

Because I was doing some research. Right now E85 cost about the same as regular gas. Why? well basically there isn't enopugh people using E85 at this time. As time goes on and more people use E85 the cost will go down. More demand will drive the cost down back inot the $1.50 range.

I wonder how well my 454 will like it? :eeek: