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Has anyone filled up with E85 105 Octane gas?

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Old 01-04-2006, 02:03 PM
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Default Has anyone filled up with E85 105 Octane gas?

Will it hurt our car?

Does anyone have a tuner? can it flash our chips to use 105 octane effectively?
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Old 01-04-2006, 02:37 PM
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Default RE: Has anyone filled up with E85 105 Octane gas?

to use 105 and benefit, you would need to run about 20* timing , or have about 12.5:1 compression

i'm not sure what your program is capapble of, but unless you can plug a laptop in it, i doubt you can get it bump that much.

now if you have a 1/2 tank of 87 , then top w/ 105....you would have about 96...and that would be a decent mix if your high compression, or spraying.
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Old 01-04-2006, 02:38 PM
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Default RE: Has anyone filled up with E85 105 Octane gas?

i did once it smelled good but didnt' help perfomance stick with 93.
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Old 01-04-2006, 04:47 PM
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Won't do anything for you, at all.
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Old 01-04-2006, 07:18 PM
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Default RE: Has anyone filled up with E85 105 Octane gas?

your car will burn a lot cleaner gas, and it will smell like candy but performancie will be minimal unless you have a high compression
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Um... you might want to make sure your car is capable of running on E85. Corn oil will eat through the rubber hoses your car uses, so it does need to be converted so it can work with either type of fuel before you use it.
 
Old 01-04-2006, 09:50 PM
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Default RE: Has anyone filled up with E85 105 Octane gas?

a gas station about 20 miles from me has 110 octane and everybody races right in front of it on weeken nights. This is on US27 in FL. Completly dark, in the middle of nowhere. But you will get 200 cars there on weekends.
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Old 01-04-2006, 09:51 PM
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Um... you might want to make sure your car is capable of running on E85. Corn oil will eat through the rubber hoses your car uses, so it does need to be converted so it can work with either type of fuel before you use it.
He speaks the truth here. Unless you have an FFV (flex fuel vehicle) you should not run E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline)
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Um... you might want to make sure your car is capable of running on E85. Corn oil will eat through the rubber hoses your car uses, so it does need to be converted so it can work with either type of fuel before you use it.
He speaks the truth here. Unless you have an FFV (flex fuel vehicle) you should not run E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline)
Thanks. I got most of my up to date info from that link you provided a month or so back. lol
 
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Default RE: Has anyone filled up with E85 105 Octane gas?

Here's the deal. If your car is set up to run on alcohol than you can run e-85 or higher fuel. The main difference is that ethanol is much drier than gasoline so your fuel pump, fuel lines and injectors have to be upgraded.
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