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Old May 29, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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save gas with Ethos... okay to use in evo?

read about ethos here: http://www.savegastoday.net/

after hearing rumors about gas prices going up to 7 bucks a gallon around july (ny), i received this in the email... would this help our turbocharged engine at all?
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Old May 29, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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Yup uh huh sure. Good luck with that
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Old May 29, 2008 | 06:31 PM
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Wow this bullcrap is rampant these days. Want to save yourself time and hassle down the road?

Put GOOD gas in your car. Nothing but the best you can find.
Put good oil in your car. Nothing but the best you can find.

Do not use magic potion hocus pocus gas saving bulls**t in your engine, gas tank, or anywhere else in the car.

Also one more gas related money saving tip;
Don't buy a heavy, AWD, turbo car notorious for wasting gas like a rotary - and then suddenly become aware of gas mileage/prices.
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Old May 29, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Lemme know how that works out for ya! I'll keep putting high quality gasoline with nothing that the manufacturer didn't recommend. I didn't buy this car for the gas mileage, thats why I have a cavalier! LOL

Josh
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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Guys this stuff does work. I bought it 3 weeks back and put it in my '92 mighty max. Before I would get almost 26 mpg driving like a grandpa, after the first tank of gas using the ethos I got 285 miles on a little under 9.8 gallons and I put the stuff in when I was down to 3/4 tank of gas.

Also they say it should take a few tanks of gas to get optimum results. Call BS if you want but its working for me.
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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I have meet the owner of ethos ect ect. They claim the have made the additive in Chevron gas. The Techron. He gave me a few gallons of this stuff. I used it in my MR2 several years back and didnt like the way my car ran on it. He said he puts 87oct in his 911 with ethos and says he runs perfect. I would not recommend this stuff.

Its seems like a good additive to put in your oil. Do some research on "easter" thats the main ingredient in ethos.
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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I live in Panama (central america), here they are supposed to start selling a new fuel in about 1 month or so... something called m4, its composition is 87% ethanol and 13% of m4 mix (no idea what this mix contains), they say the mixture of these two will result in a high octane bio fuel, with very good mileage and any engine will run it with no problem, the price will be around 1.95-2.15pg... im quite skeptical about this fuel but would love to hear what you guys think about this
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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A evo is way too expensive to risk any problems that "may" and will most likely occur down the road.
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by AlainD
I live in Panama (central america), here they are supposed to start selling a new fuel in about 1 month or so... something called m4, its composition is 87% ethanol and 13% of m4 mix (no idea what this mix contains), they say the mixture of these two will result in a high octane bio fuel, with very good mileage and any engine will run it with no problem, the price will be around 1.95-2.15pg... im quite skeptical about this fuel but would love to hear what you guys think about this
Im interested in hearing more about this fuel too.
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by AlainD
I live in Panama (central america), here they are supposed to start selling a new fuel in about 1 month or so... something called m4, its composition is 87% ethanol and 13% of m4 mix (no idea what this mix contains), they say the mixture of these two will result in a high octane bio fuel, with very good mileage and any engine will run it with no problem, the price will be around 1.95-2.15pg... im quite skeptical about this fuel but would love to hear what you guys think about this
evos love ethanol, you will need to get some bigger injectors and a tune though
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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lol its an evo not a ferrari why would it hurt the car? I hate when people are like o will this hurt my evo acting like we drive porsches or something exotic.... chom on people its a big wing'd lancer
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by red evo8
lol its an evo not a ferrari why would it hurt the car? I hate when people are like o will this hurt my evo acting like we drive porsches or something exotic.... chom on people its a big wing'd lancer
Ok well since you obviously have the money to fix a broken engine over something stupid be my guest. They may not be ferrari's or some exotic sports car but theyre still expensive cars
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