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Take any flex fuel car you can find.
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MixManMash
on October 06, 2011 at 6:04 PM
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If you want to heat your house with ethanol, it will make
posted by not4resaleZ
on October 06, 2011 at 05:37 PM
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Energuide fuel testing (similar to the US EPA, but our Canadian version) shows that the same car on E85 consumes about 30-40% more E85 than when it runs on gasoline. Take a look for yourself.
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Octane Boosters
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blackomega
11:57:51 10/06/11
Will not do what you need.
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madscientist222
12:10:20 10/06/11
why dont they just let you fill up like... 2 gallons less of
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Jeffblue
12:26:58 10/06/11
company pump only has 87 (n/m)
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blackomega
12:30:06 10/06/11
Don't have a DD or your girls car or something? (n/m)
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Bernie (NoVA)
13:26:42 10/06/11
DDs in the shop this week
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blackomega
13:40:58 10/06/11
Just skip the free tank until you get the DD back. Not
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RAGTPZ
14:21:22 10/06/11
Sure - only need about 40-50 bottles of octane booster
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spicyZ
13:28:55 10/06/11
Toluene. (n/m)
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Black95
13:32:15 10/06/11
^^^^Agreed
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Figifister
14:03:11 10/06/11
Torco race fuel concentrator is probably far cheaper than
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240Z FeO2
14:37:13 10/06/11
Re: Toluene.
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Bumblebeetuna
14:47:16 10/06/11
waste of money in my opinion
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RobZ32
13:38:40 10/06/11
Either tolulene or 100 oct mixed.
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CoHPhasor
16:16:24 10/06/11
We had some Toluene out in our shop
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blackomega
17:44:09 10/06/11
-1 (n/m)
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LJZTT
16:45:12 10/06/11
Most cost effective octane booster is Ethanol.
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not4resaleZ
17:15:09 10/06/11
Because it only 40% of the energy of gasoline
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JMartz
17:21:25 10/06/11
No (n/m)
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ZiNnYc
17:23:24 10/06/11
If you want to heat your house with ethanol, it will make
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not4resaleZ
17:37:35 10/06/11
Take any flex fuel car you can find. -
MixManMash
18:04:32 10/06/11
Attend a tuning session for which both e85 and gasoline are
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ZiNnYc
18:08:05 10/06/11
Factory Flex Fuel Vehicles have the maps for Gasoline and
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MixManMash
18:19:18 10/06/11
As well, why do you think you need larger injectors
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MixManMash
18:21:00 10/06/11
I don't deny there is a loss in milage, at least at the
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not4resaleZ
21:41:50 10/06/11
I bet your right. The problem is they don't even test them
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not4resaleZ
21:36:46 10/06/11
I'm not sure about the US EPA, but in Canada, if the
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MixManMash
08:07:11 10/07/11
You might check to see what the Energuide says about
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not4resaleZ
10:24:13 10/07/11
2011 Buick Regal Turbo...
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MixManMash
11:57:22 10/07/11
It appears to me that they are testing it for gas and
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not4resaleZ
15:34:46 10/07/11
Nope. In order to be listed, it has to be tested. (n/m)
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MixManMash
16:33:33 10/07/11
Between 25 to 30 % (n/m)
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ztunerz
18:12:11 10/06/11
E85 will etch a place in the Z32 community soon enough. Other
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samsungz (Houston)
18:18:39 10/06/11
AMS (the GTR tuners in IL) have found E85 to be very
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Only1Z
20:36:23 10/06/11
True, in Houston there are at least 22 registered E85
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samsungz (Houston)
21:08:15 10/06/11
I'll stick with 100 octane for now at $4.99 a gallon.
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Only1Z
21:21:34 10/06/11
That's cheap... where? $8.99 a gallon here :( (n/m)
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Piranha
22:53:15 10/06/11
that's too cheap. i call BS (n/m)
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ForceFedTT (SoCal)
00:02:27 10/07/11
Citgo in Bensenville, IL...
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Only1Z
00:47:57 10/07/11
By the way, why would I lie?
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Only1Z
00:55:35 10/07/11
easy to pick up phone and verify
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Gromit
01:54:45 10/07/11
E85 ethanol content varies with the climate. To
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not4resaleZ
22:26:14 10/06/11
.
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ZiNnYc
00:17:03 10/07/11
Looks like that ethanol analyzer can come in handy! (n/m)
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Only1Z
01:02:38 10/07/11
Nice (n/m)
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ztunerz
09:45:11 10/07/11
Uh, energy is energy. Engines are essentially heat pumps
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yobobrox
19:06:42 10/06/11
I'm saying if you are wanting to heat your house, BTUs
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not4resaleZ
21:50:33 10/06/11
You realize Ethanol absorbs water like crazy and cant sit
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CoHPhasor
18:05:58 10/06/11
Correct, use the correct container and keep it full (n/m)
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ztunerz
18:13:02 10/06/11
stop talking crazy (n/m)
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ZiNnYc
18:15:40 10/06/11
Voodo I say, voodoo!
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CoHPhasor
18:37:11 10/06/11
Honestly do you really think us Z owners are mainstream :)
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ztunerz
20:33:03 10/06/11
;-) Agreed. (n/m)
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CoHPhasor
19:58:50 10/07/11
I have a ethanol content analyzer and it measures the
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not4resaleZ
22:08:36 10/06/11
I want to go on record disagreeing with this statement.
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yobobrox
19:12:36 10/06/11
No shit 87-93, race fuel > E85
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Gennosuke
21:07:43 10/06/11
lmao (n/m)
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ZiNnYc
00:08:19 10/07/11
Hater.
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madscientist222
14:10:55 10/07/11
it maybe a 1/3 of the price but
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Gennosuke
15:34:39 10/07/11
Most of the people who talk about the negatives have
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not4resaleZ
22:16:39 10/06/11
...as with most things in life. (n/m)
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ZiNnYc
00:11:24 10/07/11
Re: ...as with most things in life.
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94ttz32
05:46:56 10/07/11
Wow thats dirt chap. Its atleast 10 + here (n/m)
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ztunerz
09:46:58 10/07/11
I'd rather not have to completely revamp my entire fuel
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LJZTT
11:42:02 10/07/11
2nd the corn is for eating, not burning. (n/m)
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MixManMash
11:59:12 10/07/11
Technically, organic matter as a whole is for eating....
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CoHPhasor
20:08:18 10/07/11
I wont stop you from eating oil, but corn tastes better (n/m)
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LJZTT
09:23:30 10/08/11
I mixed 12 gal of 87 + 2.5 gal 93 + 2 gal toluene
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blackomega
07:42:41 10/07/11
According to Robos math your only at 91. Careful.
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madscientist222
12:58:00 10/07/11
Now Im putting in 2 more gallons of toluene :)
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blackomega
18:42:45 10/07/11
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