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Old 06-01-2008, 01:34 PM   #232 (permalink)
dlabonte
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Default Re: E85 Powered VR4?

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Originally Posted by Ondontii View Post
I will be running e85 in my Devilsown kit because I dont really need the octane.

That said, e85 is going to destroy the alky market. Everything I have seen shows people able to replace C16 with 3-4 dollar a gallon pump e85
And thanks to our unethical government leaders and greedy farmers, we racers are benefiting from people starving
Racing class rules also seem to be changing to allow e85 fueling in previously 100% gasoline classes.
The alky vendors need to move towards supplemental injection strategies. (which is what I will use it for and many others use it for).
E-85 is a dead end street. You have to run 1/3 more fuel to get the same power as gasoline. Not enough acres in this country to replace fossil fuel with E-85, let alone requiring 1/3 more volume.

All you need is a couple of bad drought years in a row and we will be importing corn from China. Hmmm Lead based corn from China, then you could get rid of your catalytic converter once and for all again.
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