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Converting to E85?
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<blockquote data-quote="REX-RACER" data-source="post: 10240539" data-attributes="member: 14222"><p>Well, you're the only person I've ever heard say that so I guess it's the right choice for you. No harm, no foul. How much do you get it for?</p><p></p><p>As far as the cost to switch, it seems to depend on the car and the set up. People who were already running fi the cost seems to be primarily tunning time. If you're not fi then you probably need to upgrade the fuel delivery capacity to compensate for the fact that you'll need to push about 20% more fuel. If you were adding a blower or turbo(s) you were likely gonna do that anyways so the trick would be to find parts that are E85 compatible . . . from what I've seen so far there don't seem to be a lot of parts that <strong>aren't </strong> E85 compatible frankly, probably due to the fact that a lot of cities already mandate E10 ( and soon to be E20 ) in all grades of pump fuel. I would guess the parts compatibility thing is something you'd want to confirm anyways though as long as you're spending money. </p><p></p><p>The bulk of the expense seems to really be in the tunning process. That might take a while even for an experienced tuner to perfect but then anything new is always labor intensive on the front end. It's my guess that if E85 really did catch on w/ the performance community the tuning time and cost would go down dramatically since people would start getting a handle on what works and what doesn't and they could repeat the process more quickly each time. </p><p></p><p>My guess is that in places like Brazil where E85, E98 & even E100 are as common as an other grade of gasoline, performance junkies and tuners tune for the stuff just like we tune for 93 premium, as in no particular bi deal. </p><p></p><p>I'm just hypothisizing on that last part, but it seems plausible. They've been running ethanol intense fuels down there as a normal part of life for the better part of the last 20 years!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="REX-RACER, post: 10240539, member: 14222"] Well, you're the only person I've ever heard say that so I guess it's the right choice for you. No harm, no foul. How much do you get it for? As far as the cost to switch, it seems to depend on the car and the set up. People who were already running fi the cost seems to be primarily tunning time. If you're not fi then you probably need to upgrade the fuel delivery capacity to compensate for the fact that you'll need to push about 20% more fuel. If you were adding a blower or turbo(s) you were likely gonna do that anyways so the trick would be to find parts that are E85 compatible . . . from what I've seen so far there don't seem to be a lot of parts that [b]aren't [/b] E85 compatible frankly, probably due to the fact that a lot of cities already mandate E10 ( and soon to be E20 ) in all grades of pump fuel. I would guess the parts compatibility thing is something you'd want to confirm anyways though as long as you're spending money. The bulk of the expense seems to really be in the tunning process. That might take a while even for an experienced tuner to perfect but then anything new is always labor intensive on the front end. It's my guess that if E85 really did catch on w/ the performance community the tuning time and cost would go down dramatically since people would start getting a handle on what works and what doesn't and they could repeat the process more quickly each time. My guess is that in places like Brazil where E85, E98 & even E100 are as common as an other grade of gasoline, performance junkies and tuners tune for the stuff just like we tune for 93 premium, as in no particular bi deal. I'm just hypothisizing on that last part, but it seems plausible. They've been running ethanol intense fuels down there as a normal part of life for the better part of the last 20 years! [/QUOTE]
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