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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 08:00 AM
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I am due for a E85 tune very soon and looking forward to it like a kid with waiting for a birthday.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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The dude that freaked out is probably running meth......
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Meanie
The dude that freaked out is probably taking meth......
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Schneides already made my point. I run meth and would NEVER go back either. I feel the same way about it, as you do E-85. So don't think the guys running meth remotely care about people running E-85, or somehow think this is a competition.


But you do seem at least mildly interested in conflict, given the nature of your thread title.
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 10:45 PM
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Quite the contrary actually. My title was very tongue and cheek on purpose to get a reaction from the user community on this sub forum.

I apologize for my meth comment. I have actually gotten very similar responses from people running meth and it appeared there was a conflict already.

I won't debate the merits of either (obviously I'm biased). It wasn't my intention to create conflict between meth and E85 users, I was more or less getting on the poster that seem to have some personal vendetta on E85 and its users.
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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Yea...keep on puffin on that "Big Oil" pole. Enjoy the stretch marks.

Originally Posted by Cal City Evo
You IDIOTS who claim to be happy paying 2.60 a gallon or whatever it is you are paying are delusional. E85 has half the thermal efficiency of 91 so therefore you are filling up twice as often, thus you are paying over 5 bucks a gallon.

I understand it provides a big hit but at what cost? AFAIK it is also pretty damned corrosive so have fun with that also. What are all you fanboys going to do when the government stops subsidizing it?

Guess it's all well and good if you live in the Midwest but you don't see much of it out here on the West coast.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Cal City Evo
You IDIOTS who claim to be happy paying 2.60 a gallon or whatever it is you are paying are delusional. E85 has half the thermal efficiency of 91 so therefore you are filling up twice as often, thus you are paying over 5 bucks a gallon.

I understand it provides a big hit but at what cost? AFAIK it is also pretty damned corrosive so have fun with that also. What are all you fanboys going to do when the government stops subsidizing it?

Guess it's all well and good if you live in the Midwest but you don't see much of it out here on the West coast.
Just because it burns faster doesn't mean it's not $2.60 a gallon. Just means you get less mpg. In which case I only get about 40miles less per tank which isn't bad considering I make somewhere around 80whp more on e85.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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I paid $1.84/gal last time I filled up .
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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Very convincing this thread is. Screw upgrading my 05 turbo to an ix. Ill just get e-85 tuned and call it a day.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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Very convincing this thread is. Screw upgrading my 05 turbo to an ix. Ill just get e-85 tuned and call it a day.
Evo 9 turbo is a good 20-30 whp over a 03-05 turbo on E85
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 06:42 AM
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Evo 9 turbo is a good 20-30 whp over a 03-05 turbo on E85
in other words do both.....lol.
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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Oh boy do I remember before the days of e85... lol... yea makes a big difference. Feels good.. Told my wife that I want to be creamated and mixed in with some e85.


Scary part is it burns clear... so plz watch out...
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ImJoey
Very convincing this thread is. Screw upgrading my 05 turbo to an ix. Ill just get e-85 tuned and call it a day.
Get the Red and call it a day...
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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e85 is amazing https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ld-record.html
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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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Scary part is it burns clear... so plz watch out...
It doesn't burn clear, there is still gasoline in it.

http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...urnsorange.flv

Pure methanol and ethanol burn blue I believe

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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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I burned some in the driveway...definitely a visible flame.
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