E85 Flexible Fuel and Tuners = More HP Gains?
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Anyone have any E85 stations near them? I noticed when I purchased my truck the gas cap states "BP fuel reccomended" but I do not even have a BP near me. lol I do however get around 385 miles to every tank full on regular old 87 octane. I'd like to see if that improves running E85...
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Yeah all the 2007 Ford's say that on the gas cap.
In regard to your inquiry about E85... you'll get less miles per gallon when using E85 compared to regular gasoline. On the flip side, E85 is a higher octane fuel so it generates more horsepower and in most areas it's cheaper than regular gasoline. I filled my tank yesterday and E85 was $2.45 and regular 87 gasoline was $2.85.
Someone else here posted a thread about the fuel economy of gasoline vs E85 and if I recall correctly, it was pretty much a wash from a money stand point. But from a power standpoint, E85 wins. Even when you compare E85 to premium gasoline, it probably wins economically because premium fuel is about $.60 more per gallon than E85.
When comparing E85 to 87 gasoline I save $.40 a gallon at the pump, but I calculated that I loose $.42 a gallon because of the 15% reduction in fuel economy. So overall I'm spending an extra $.02 per gallon to use E85. But to me, that $.02 is worth the 5% (15hp) power increase I get by using it and I'm not even using a tuner... yet. I didn't buy a full size truck to get good fuel economy... and not that it really matters, but quite frankly I'm getting tired of all the people whining about their poor fuel mileage. Go buy a 4-cylinder car if you're worried about fuel mileage. If you need or want a truck than just deal with getting ~12mpg. Whining about it in public forums and to all your friends and family isn't going to solve the problem.
In regard to your inquiry about E85... you'll get less miles per gallon when using E85 compared to regular gasoline. On the flip side, E85 is a higher octane fuel so it generates more horsepower and in most areas it's cheaper than regular gasoline. I filled my tank yesterday and E85 was $2.45 and regular 87 gasoline was $2.85.
Someone else here posted a thread about the fuel economy of gasoline vs E85 and if I recall correctly, it was pretty much a wash from a money stand point. But from a power standpoint, E85 wins. Even when you compare E85 to premium gasoline, it probably wins economically because premium fuel is about $.60 more per gallon than E85.
When comparing E85 to 87 gasoline I save $.40 a gallon at the pump, but I calculated that I loose $.42 a gallon because of the 15% reduction in fuel economy. So overall I'm spending an extra $.02 per gallon to use E85. But to me, that $.02 is worth the 5% (15hp) power increase I get by using it and I'm not even using a tuner... yet. I didn't buy a full size truck to get good fuel economy... and not that it really matters, but quite frankly I'm getting tired of all the people whining about their poor fuel mileage. Go buy a 4-cylinder car if you're worried about fuel mileage. If you need or want a truck than just deal with getting ~12mpg. Whining about it in public forums and to all your friends and family isn't going to solve the problem.
Last edited by baja150; Aug 16, 2007 at 01:23 PM.
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Originally Posted by baja150
Yeah all the 2007 Ford's say that on the gas cap.
In regard to your inquiry about E85... you'll get less miles per gallon when using E85 compared to regular gasoline. On the flip side, E85 is a higher octane fuel so it generates more horsepower and in most areas it's cheaper than regular gasoline. I filled my tank yesterday and E85 was $2.45 and regular 87 gasoline was $2.85.
Someone else here posted a thread about the fuel economy of gasoline vs E85 and if I recall correctly, it was pretty much a wash from a money stand point. But from a power standpoint, E85 wins. Even when you compare E85 to premium gasoline, it probably wins economically because premium fuel is about $.60 more per gallon than E85.
When comparing E85 to 87 gasoline I save $.40 a gallon at the pump, but I calculated that I loose $.42 a gallon because of the 15% reduction in fuel economy. So overall I'm spending an extra $.02 per gallon to use E85. But to me, that $.02 is worth the 5% (15hp) power increase I get by using it and I'm not even using a tuner... yet. I didn't buy a full size truck to get good fuel economy... and not that it really matters, but quite frankly I'm getting tired of all the people whining about their poor fuel mileage. Go buy a 4-cylinder car if you're worried about fuel mileage. If you need or want a truck than just deal with getting ~12mpg. Whining about it in public forums and to all your friends and family isn't going to solve the problem.
In regard to your inquiry about E85... you'll get less miles per gallon when using E85 compared to regular gasoline. On the flip side, E85 is a higher octane fuel so it generates more horsepower and in most areas it's cheaper than regular gasoline. I filled my tank yesterday and E85 was $2.45 and regular 87 gasoline was $2.85.
Someone else here posted a thread about the fuel economy of gasoline vs E85 and if I recall correctly, it was pretty much a wash from a money stand point. But from a power standpoint, E85 wins. Even when you compare E85 to premium gasoline, it probably wins economically because premium fuel is about $.60 more per gallon than E85.
When comparing E85 to 87 gasoline I save $.40 a gallon at the pump, but I calculated that I loose $.42 a gallon because of the 15% reduction in fuel economy. So overall I'm spending an extra $.02 per gallon to use E85. But to me, that $.02 is worth the 5% (15hp) power increase I get by using it and I'm not even using a tuner... yet. I didn't buy a full size truck to get good fuel economy... and not that it really matters, but quite frankly I'm getting tired of all the people whining about their poor fuel mileage. Go buy a 4-cylinder car if you're worried about fuel mileage. If you need or want a truck than just deal with getting ~12mpg. Whining about it in public forums and to all your friends and family isn't going to solve the problem.
don't forget to take into account that the maintenance schedual is stricter when running E-85... so instead of 5000 mile oil changes, you have to do 3000 mile oil changes. E-85 is hard on the engines because of cylinder wash also. I don't think you will get as many miles out of an engine using strictly E-85