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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 07:04 AM
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It has a lot of benefits for the higher hp guys but it is a lot of work. You definitely have to learn to do your own tuning other wise it will be a headache bugging /paying people to tune.
What are you talking about?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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Availablity is the only con I see. Make sure you can get it year round with issues. If we had it here I would be running it but Im stuck on 91oct
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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You are going to get into more trouble with the pigs roaming around. And I would start saving for a clutch. My stock clutch wasn't having it with over 400 wtq.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by slow5.0.
It has a lot of benefits for the higher hp guys but it is a lot of work. You definitely have to learn to do your own tuning other wise it will be a headache bugging /paying people to tune.
if you have a couple tuned maps its no prob... just switching. And for the high hp guys Its beneficial for any evo, low or high hp. IMO it the best bang for the buck powerwise.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Because it's stinky.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 10:42 PM
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Because it's stinky.
I don't hear that much.
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mlomker
Most of us only have one E85 tune. If your tune is a touch conservative then you'll be fine when it goes from E70-E85-E70. If you insist on 100% of the available power then you'll have to pay for it.
If the e85 tune will work okay on e70 then I might as well save the money and just stick with one tune.... if there's not much of a difference.

Originally Posted by HFA_Ultima
Availablity is the only con I see. Make sure you can get it year round with issues. If we had it here I would be running it but Im stuck on 91oct
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I live in Missouri, I've never looked into e85 until this past week. I've got a station within 5 minutes of my house and another on my way to/from work..should be good to go regarding availability
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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I would just say availability, and price would be the only down falls. E-85 is more expensive and is used up more rapidly.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Bighec
I would just say availability, and price would be the only down falls. E-85 is more expensive and is used up more rapidly.
It is used up a bit more rapidly but up to this day I have never seen it to be more expensive than what premium gas goes for.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:48 AM
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93 here is like $3.xx/gallon.

e85 here is $2.50/gallon. and that's with price gouging.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 07:19 AM
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im so happy this thread was started ive also been thinkin bout it but only 2 problems. theres only 1 station in NJ but its 5 mins from my house and the other is my friends are tryin to tell me it causes problems in the long, they said the ethanol builds up gung in the intake mani all the way through. and ive NEVER heard that before since we have guys on here running this blessing for years. looks like im gonna do it!
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dek0026
(i use a cobb accessport to switch back and forth with tunes. they also have an e85 base tune).
Have you run both the stage 2 and the E85 OTS maps? I'm curious to hear how much better their E85 map is over the stage 2. I'm told it is very conservative.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by koach
Have you run both the stage 2 and the E85 OTS maps? I'm curious to hear how much better their E85 map is over the stage 2. I'm told it is very conservative.
It's not that conservative. Check out the first post in this thread:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...-ap-e85-3.html
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