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 E-85 Fuel
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10/14/15 09:03 PM
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BassSAT
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What are the pro's and con's on this fuel?
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Re: E-85 Fuel
[Re: BassSAT]
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10/14/15 09:23 PM
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redchevy
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I vote no pro's.
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Re: E-85 Fuel
[Re: BassSAT]
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10/15/15 01:04 AM
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If your vehicle is not designed to use it it can do lots of damage. As far as I know there are no advantages except it costs less per gallon but that is offset by the fact that it will get less miles per gallon than the regular at the pumps now with 10% ethanol. b
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Re: E-85 Fuel
[Re: BassSAT]
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10/15/15 01:42 AM
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Allison1
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Like said its got no real advantages. It may even be less clean burning than E10.
Most of the pumps selling it are in the corn belt.
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Re: E-85 Fuel
[Re: BassSAT]
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10/15/15 11:39 AM
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Ambassador84
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Sucks and was a govt boondoggle.
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Re: E-85 Fuel
[Re: BassSAT]
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10/15/15 05:12 PM
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Stump jumper
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Dual purpose? You can put it in both tanks. None unless you just want to support Obama and the ethanol manufacturers.
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Re: E-85 Fuel
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10/15/15 10:06 PM
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Allison1
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If only you knew rather than spoke. Ethanol subsidies done in the early part of this century (2004) that were designed to jumpstart production have all gone away. In 2012 I believe. Ethanol is lower than gas but right now its not enough to make the difference between the low cost of E10. When it was in the mid 3 dollar range and above E85 made sense even with its 20 something percent loss in mpg. Now it does not since its price is less than 10 percent below gasoline.
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Re: E-85 Fuel
[Re: redchevy]
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10/15/15 10:46 PM
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gander
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Re: E-85 Fuel
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11/06/15 01:24 AM
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dago-red
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No power 1/4 less the fuel mileage JOKE !!!!
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Re: E-85 Fuel
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11/06/15 05:24 AM
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For regular passenger vehicles there is no pro's. But for high performance turbo cars E85 is like 97 Octane, requires a higher temp spark to ignite, and burns cooler. So it equals to being able to boost the crud out of your turbo car without worrying about knock or pre detonation. Only down side is it requires more fuel per combustion event meaning huge injectors and about 3/4 the mileage
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Re: E-85 Fuel
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11/06/15 04:19 PM
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redchevy
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No power 1/4 less the fuel mileage JOKE !!!! The worse mileage is true, but the no power is wrong. It can generate a lot of power, but is best utilized in higher compression applications than a lot of street cars run. GM actually published different performance figures for their new direct injection motors for E-10 and E-85. There was a pretty significant performance difference, but yes the mpg's suck compared to regular. GM rates the current 5.3 at E-10 355 HP and 380 TQ E-85 383 HP and 416 TQ That's a gain of 28 HP and 36 TQ, it will get worse mpg's on E-85 though. Performance wise it will turn your GM 5.3 into a Toyota 5.7
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