Old Feb 2, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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Default Re: Premium or Regular Gas...Which r u using??

Originally Posted by PNA
Part of that is the lower energy value of ethanol, but not necessarily all of it. You would likely get anywhere from 10-30% reduction. If you were gettting 220 (low end) and now 280 (high end) your mpg on the new fuel is about 3.8 mpg higher with E0. That's just under 30% reduction, which is in line with the high end of the expected reduction based on the ethanol.

I have to say, my XFire get's significantly better gas mileage than that. I don't have an SRT6, and I don't drive it agressively (at least not all the tiime) and I've been getting between 22 and 26 mpg -- and I drive in the worst traffic in the country -- and I know I'm using E10. I guess I should be pretty happy with that.

Just be informed, E10 is in about 90% or more of all gasoline now and likely will be in all of it very soon. It may go higher as well -- up to E15.
If they keep diluting the energy value/octane, I wonder if Methanol injection will become a lot more popular mod with us premium crowd.
 
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