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    Anyone running E-85?

    Anyone running E-85? looking to see if this has made its way to atv's

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    What is e-85? Some kind of ethanol fuel?
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    Anyone running E-85?

    Anyone running E-85? looking to see if this has made its way to atv's

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    I've seriously considered running my 250r on it. I think its about 109 110 octane and due to the increased volume they run cooler too. In like Car Craft magazine they say to jet a car 35% richer to run on it but I wonder if that would work for ATCs

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    What is it? An ethanol based fuel?
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    its 104-105 octane. it is 85% ethanol 15% gas

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    it will need 30% more fuel so I guess on a carbureted motor you will need to run a bigger carb. then you can go with like a 12-1 ratio or more

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    hello
    why would it use more fuel?

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    it is not as efficient as gas

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    Quote Originally Posted by runaway View Post
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    why would it use more fuel?
    it has 1/3 of the BTUs of Gas, therefore more fuel needed to have the same power. Very sad alternative fuel. Likes to attract moisture too. Many new fuels will be comming out in the next few years which will be far better
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    runaway is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    hello
    is it cheaper then gasoline?

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    its *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited*....it has alot of moisture in it, and i have seen MANY cars need new carbs/injectors because the moisture in the fuel ruins them. it is complete GARBAGE, and i will not run it in ANYTHING i own.

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    "it has 1/3 of the BTUs of Gas"

    Wrong. Ethanol is gasoline and ethyl alcohol (drinking corn). Ethyl has abotu 77,000 BTU/gallon, gasoline is around 109,000 BTU, so the alcohol content has about 75% of the energy of gasoline.

    I ran 53% E-85 and 87 octane pump gas in a Chevy S-10, it ran OK when warm, was a b'yatch to start at 30 degrees since it doesnt vaporize as easily as gasoline, and made the truck much better on slippery roads, since the max torque was down-it didnt spin the wheels as easily.

    I talked with a certain companies Engineering dept about fuel lines and hoses, contrary to the old wives tales, it has no effect on rubber and steel, but itll eat through *uncoated aluminum*. There was a JSAE (Japanese auto engineering society) that published a report that even a few percent (about 3) ate through aluminum that wasnt oxidised (aluminum in air makes aluminum oxide, which is extremely hard and chemical resitant). They had a fire history with vehicles fueled with oxygenated fuels which had aluminum fuel rails-the alcohol finds cracks in them and dissolves the aluminum. It takes quite a while.

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    I don't know for shure with the E85, but with strate methenal you run the same size carb with bigger jets. My sand rail run on alky and the onle change I made was a 600cfm holly with 102 primary and 109 secodarys. On gas it runs 72 primary and 84 secondary. Burns a little more full, but makes a bunch more power.

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    other than the octane factor, why run alcohol in a drag machine? if it has less OOMPH to it than gas, seems like a power decrease to me?

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