Running E85? Educate yourself with this article!!

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Feb 14, 2012 | 04:05 PM

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Mar 28, 2012 | 08:32 AM

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I know that evom may not be the place for this, but I really don't understand why you guys keep using corn ethanol when it is the most inefficient means of production? Yes, you make power, but at what cost when the prices of gas and e-85 are balancing out? In regards to energy production, corn for ethanol requires 1,150 times as much land as nuclear energy. This statistic may be out of context, considering it is in terms of energy production and not vehicle consumption, but if that much extra land space is being used for energy, how much more is being used for for vehicles? Sorry if this seems like a rant, I'm just playing devil's advocate, and something so unsustainable and inefficient is not going to last...what will you do when e-85 stops being produced?

E85 wont stop being produced because there are other ways than corn to produce ethanol such as biomass, switchgrass, sugarcane, etc and not to mention that switchgrass is renewable and is not a food crop, very drought resistant, oxidizes whatever soil its planted in, etc. Plus theres also butanol which is roughly 96octane, needs NO conversion, Doesnt have the affinity for water, can be transported in the same pipelines regular gas is transported in and other than us who would tune more power from the extra 3 counts of octane but can poured right in our EVOs with virtually no problems and is NOT made from corn kernal and the yield is extremely effective.

Mar 28, 2012 | 03:07 PM

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So question. I kinda skim through the article but I didnt see anywhere if it mentioned that if it was safer on the engine compared to pump gas?

Mar 29, 2012 | 08:52 PM

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1) EGT's are always 100-150F lower on E85 at same power level.
2) Engine can make the same power level on E85 at a much lower boost setting.
3) E85 is less knock prone over a much broader AFR fluctuation.

So, yea, E85 is much safer compared to pump.

You are correct, the article was weak on details.

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Originally Posted by khmerguyx

So question. I kinda skim through the article but I didnt see anywhere if it mentioned that if it was safer on the engine compared to pump gas?