E85?

[Freddy]

I heard of some people running e85 gas....is this safe? What's the pros and cons?

[Bio248]

Lots of people do. Id suggest a little googling on your behalf for this.

[Silver GTP]

It requires tuning too. You can't just pump it into your tank unless you have a flexfuel vehicle

[Freddy]

That's what I thought....thanks

[gtpsleeper]

what do ya wanna know about it mang?

in a sense its like race gas for ~2.89 a gallon... few less mpgs but the pros DEFINITELY out weigh the cons...

is there some specific info youre looking at?

[Freddy]

What would I have to do to my car to make it run 85? How much less mph's?

[gtpsleeper]

the only thing you need to do right off the bat is minimum 60lb injectors (some get away with 42.5 but not too long) and a tuner...

and if mph=mpg in your comment then ~30% drop... ish.... I went down more like 20%...

but I assume youre running premium, and (around here anyway) e85 is about a constant 25% cheaper than the premium so its really not costing you THAT much if anything... if youre lucky (like me) youll end up saving money...

[Freddy]

Tuners are pretty expensive right

[gtpsleeper]

ish... worth every penny though... youre not far from me Im sure we could work something out if it came down to it...

[Freddy]

Well I'm still in school so it would be summer at the earliest....maybe I'll just save up thanks for the help

[FoSHO99]

If you don't have enough stations around and don't own a tuner, it's going to be a pain in the rear to figure out how to keep the tank full of E85 all the time with not being able to switch. Goodbye roadtrips.

[gtpsleeper]

Im at KU... I feel ya...