I'm thinking of setting my car up for E85. Anyoneone doing that now? Thinking I can run more compresion that way and run cooler. Am I wrong? I'm putting a whole new fuel system in the car so nothing will converted, all new stuff, including tank.
Anyone running E85 in their street/strip car?
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69RRGTX
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The only downside to E85, IMO, is availability. If you have a decent amount of places you can buy it from where you are going to use the car, go for it. The state of Maryland has 4 E85 stations, so it is not practical here.
Good luck, Mark
Good luck, Mark
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I love it and I'm never going back to anything else. Unfortunately, they tore down the station a couple miles from my house but there and plenty within 10-15 miles. I had a pretty decent cooling system and
I never saw over 185-190 even on the 90-95* humid days in NE. Once I added a Procharger, which obviously makes more heat, I rarely saw above 200 and I had to get rid of the HHR fan and install a thin pusher fan due to clearance up front. I bet that little pusher only moves 50-75% of what the HHR did.
I never saw over 185-190 even on the 90-95* humid days in NE. Once I added a Procharger, which obviously makes more heat, I rarely saw above 200 and I had to get rid of the HHR fan and install a thin pusher fan due to clearance up front. I bet that little pusher only moves 50-75% of what the HHR did.
Talked to a quick fuel rep over the weekend while at a NHRA race. He said that it's very hard on the fuel system, wants to corrode everything, and said it was worse if you didn't drive it a lot. Not sure that I believe him. That's why I'm asking.
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he is correct.e85 is a very caustic fuel.all your lines will need to be stainless as well as a filter that resists it.have yet to hear of any long term conversion woes,as long as you do it right.it does not have the petrolium base of normal gas,so no minor lubrication to help resist corrosion.
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That's why we used to run a conditioner in our alky engines in the late model race car.... Seems to me we'd throw one bottle into the 50 gal drum, and it added the lubrication component to it.
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Would not make much sense for me to run it. When I built my 63 I knew it would be a 90% street car so I wanted to be able to pull in just about any gas station and get gas. Not so using E85 here in Md as I have no idea where to find it other then maybe at the track. Cost wise I believe its about the same as pump ?? But I will stick to the pump gas here in Md so I can get gas anywhere. Course I built my eng to run fine on 92 pump. Ron
There are plenty of stations here (Iowa) that carry it. I also used a top end lube in my turbo alky bike so I know about that. I just couldn't understand why he said it would be so caustic if current cars are running it as daily drivers? My thinking is if I don't like it I can always throw a thicker head gasket on and switch carbs and go back to premium.
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Yeah, Gpuller has that right! Methanol is very corrosive, but E85 is NOT! 15% gasoline with enough lubrication in it to prevent any problems.
I am thinking of doing the same thing to my 440. The Ethanol cools the incoming charge and doesn't leave any residue on the pistons or
valves. It does however pre-ignite if you don't have all of the sharp corners blended out in your combustion chambers and pistons. I also read
that flame travel is very quick, so alot of advance can be run with it. A spark plug that doesn't stick far out into the combustion chamber also
helps. It looks like a 1000CFM quick Fuel carb would be the way to go on a 440. I think I'm Gonna try it! Go to this site and read some facts!
www.e85carbs.com/tips.htm
Yeah, Gpuller has that right! Methanol is very corrosive, but E85 is NOT! 15% gasoline with enough lubrication in it to prevent any problems.
I am thinking of doing the same thing to my 440. The Ethanol cools the incoming charge and doesn't leave any residue on the pistons or
valves. It does however pre-ignite if you don't have all of the sharp corners blended out in your combustion chambers and pistons. I also read
that flame travel is very quick, so alot of advance can be run with it. A spark plug that doesn't stick far out into the combustion chamber also
helps. It looks like a 1000CFM quick Fuel carb would be the way to go on a 440. I think I'm Gonna try it! Go to this site and read some facts!
www.e85carbs.com/tips.htm
Another site with some good info on ethanol. Wicking of water from the air and holding tanks seems to be a problem, although it is just one of many things to figure out if going in this direction. Good luck...
http://www.usafuelservice.com/ethanolbasics.htm
http://www.usafuelservice.com/ethanolbasics.htm
SwedCharger67
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It's an excellent fuel IMHO.
Here in Scandinavia most high performance engines are run on E85, those still running on pump gas are considered slightly odd... :icon_mrgreen:
Here in Scandinavia most high performance engines are run on E85, those still running on pump gas are considered slightly odd... :icon_mrgreen:
We run it in the 62 Turbo car. Been as high as 20 psi at 9.5-1 without detonation. We can get at at many locations. when the car is driven regularly there is no issue. If it's going to set more than a month or so we simply run gas through it. If you let it set over the winter it gums up, but will clean up. Made that mistake once. Didn't kill anything, just messy.
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