E85 a poor fuel...that's funny! 200 degree cooler engine charge temps, 107 octane and 30% higher density tells me different.
As long as you're enjoying your 'economy'...
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E85 a poor fuel...that's funny! 200 degree cooler engine charge temps, 107 octane and 30% higher density tells me different.
As long as you're enjoying your 'economy'...
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Last edited by sooty; 18th June 2014 at 06:45 PM.
the problem with e85 is your engine wears out faster then normal fuel, eats seals so in the end your engine life is shorter
that's just one thing I would not trade for a little bit more power, to me I don't really care how much it use's it all about the fun it has,
Thats why you build your car for e85. You dont run e85 from a factory engine...
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that's true, but a lot of people don't do that, they just do the basic things and tune it to run with out doing all the things needed to keep your safe,
but that's off topic now, back to the topic, lol
The only thing e85 will do is clean all the surfaces better (why you slowly introduce ethanol before you then change to final fuel filter) and cause the oil to break down quicker. Only negligence in maintenance will result in any decrease in engine life.
Given my car will do 3,000 km a year and I'll change the oil every 6 months you'd be a fool to pass up 40% extra torque below 2700rpm because of rumours and heresay. E85 also basically eliminates any chance of knock with no fine learning knock correction required and up to 5 degrees of added timing resulting in less wear on the block.
On small n/a cars it's not worth it, but turbo and higher displacement cars relish it
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I agree Ain... Rumours and hearsay re E85.
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Model: Corsa C SRi
Engine: Z18XE
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Moderate
Driving Type: Mixed between short trips and 200km highway drives
Fuel Type: BP Ultimate 98
KM's since refill: 450
Litres to fill to first click: 40
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 8.88
Model: Volkswagen. Transporter T4 van
Engine: 2.0 AAC petrol
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Courier
Driving Type: Courier work
Fuel Type: 91
KM's since refill: 420
Litres to fill to first click: 64
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): 15.23
Model: Hyundai iLoad
Engine: 2.5 D4CB
Transmission: Manual
Driving Style: Push/tow
Driving Type: Garden ornament
Fuel Type: Diesel
KM's since refill: Can't remember
Litres to fill to first click: More than the van is worth
Consumption figures((Lx100)/km): Well, it'd take a long time to push it that far, by which time many litres of fluid would be consumed by the poor buggers pushing it.
What will be interesting is if the new Transit I'm getting lives up to it's 7.1L/100km figure. On a 95 litre tank, that's near on 1400km to the tank.
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2009 Holden Commodore VE SS: Gen IV LS power for the inner bogan
Used to drive an iLoad filled with Coin Bags, at least 200-400kgs in the back, and the damn thing still had some guts. Was manual, thankfully. No idea about the consumption though, as we just used the fuel card at the start of every shift, never got to fill it from empty. While it wasn't the best car, I enjoyed it more than the Hi-ace, which used to wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah while overtaking on the M7!
7.1L/100 is amazing for a van, although, as soon as you put a tool box in, I'm sure it would be 10L/100 lol. Let us know how it goes.
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