Originally Posted by sonoronos
Shawnkey,
Why do you have such a hatred of E85?
Because I work on cars that run it and it screws them all up.
I'm sorry for being a bit nit-picky here, but it's not the ethanol that corrodes your fuel lines. It's the fact that ethanol is hygroscopic, which means that it absorbs water from the atmosphere. This water, in turn, is the stuff that causes corrosion. The only thing that Ethanol will corrode is your liver. As long as the ethanol you pump has been stored properly, you should be fine.
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Originally Posted by Shawnkey
E-85 is only 70% efficient as 83 octane, doesn't burn worth a damn, and most likely will end up destroying a forced induction engine.
1. "E-85 is only 70% efficient as 73 octane" - In a sense, but who cares, it's 105 octane equivalent. This means that you can more boost, more timing, and make more power.
2. "Doesn't burn worth a damn" - Burns well enough to power a car.
3. "most likely end up destroying a forced induction engine" - How is that?? I don't want to say flat out that you're wrong, but I'd like you to back up that statement with some facts!!
No ****, I just put it in lamens terms so everybody would understand.
poor a cup of e-85, and a cup 05 83 octane on a cement floor, and watch the combustion of both you will understand.
If a fuel is only 70% as effecient as 83oct. what is being said that it only produces 70% ammount of BTU's as 83oct, thes producing lees power, poor fuel economy, and then it retards your timing so you don't have detonation and spark knock. Again the preceding statement also covers "why is it worse for forced induction engines"
IF he is getting 105 oct from e-85, he has to be mixing it with something.
I will argue with you more after my night out, gauntlet thrown.