Gas here is:

91: $4.89
E85: $3.79

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you get less mpg with E85? So essentially you'll be around the same for fuel cost? Still researching on E85 as well, but it seems promising on the power gain.

 

That's because you live in California.... (The purple text was said with a feminine tone )

 

U ain't wrong it takes more e85 to go fast, but it's still a considerable amount cheaper than race fuels. By the time u figure how much more ethanol u use and how much cheaper it is. You are probably close to the same as premium and making moar powa!!

 

Haha


I'm stationed here though..

 

You will spend as much on E85 over a week as you would with 93, BUT:

1) Its home grown fuel (F u c k OPEC)

2) It burns cleaner

3) Your car will be an animal on it (About a 30% increase in power in some cases).

4) It is safer to run the a 90% of the meth kits out


5) Its not 120 octane.....more like 105, but it has been known to make as much power as race fuel (C16) or more and race fuel is like 8 bux a gallon these days

6) Winter blend will not require you to get a retune. Most tuners worth their salt will tune you so the ethanol swings during season changes won't do squat

7) I installed a Ethanol content advisor gauge and in GA the E85 content NEVER changed up until I left for NC and its E85 here in RAL. I don't think they change blends in the Southeast region......at least not the gas stations I have been going to.

8) I switch back and forth between regular 93 and E85 and if I run my tank bone dry on pump gas and fill up on E my Ethanol content is still about E79-E80.

9) Did I mention its not foreign oil?

Only reason not to run it, is if its not available in a reasonable amount of distance from you.

 

This should either be posted in a sticky, or a sig from all the thread asking about E85.

 

I'm still new when it comes to E85, but I read a lot of people have dual ECU maps to switch between regular pump and E85, is it for convenience purpose in case you run out of fuel and no E85 stations around? Also, I'm assuming you'll have to run the tank completely dry before putting the other kind of fuel in?

Eric

 

so i am very intereseted in doing this switch too. how much do you think its gonna cost to make this happen (tune, 1000cc inj, and whatever else). Is there a way to run e85, and if your away from town and cant find e85, would you be able to use 91 oct temporarily?

Is there any reputable places in the bay area that could help me with this conversion and tune?

 

Eric,
Correct, and correct.

I have my pump gas map because my closes E85 is about 30 miles away. I still drive the ways to get my girl E85

And run pump gas below the last line on the gauge. This is what my tuner told me.

 

Question for you e85 Gurus...

My Car made 359hp/365tq on 93 pump on my stock Evo 8 Turbo. I am interested in e85 (i have 5 different e85 stations within 10 miles).

My Question is will my current fuel setup be suffice to have any gains from e85??

I'm running PTE 1200cc & (1) Walboro 255HP. Any insight will be appreciated..

 

yes your fuel set up will be fine, i run pte 1200 and walbro 255

 

Ya I was not sure of the real octane level.

On my galant I was making about 710hp on Q16 at 35psi, and 680hp E85 at 34psi. I had to give up at 34psi because my Bosch 044 could not keep up. Then I had to turn the boost down to like 30-32psi because I did not like it running that lean .

 

yeah it does take more 30% more fuel to make the power

 

So do you usually have a laptop/netbook inside the car so you can change the ECU maps on the go? I know Cobb AP has the same function, but they've discontinued the EVO 8/9 version already

Eric