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Old 01-26-2013, 07:34 PM
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Has anyone who has used E85 seen any improvement in gas mileage or see it even as it being worth it
 
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Old 01-26-2013, 07:55 PM
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No one gets improved mpg with E85, you lose about 20 to 25% of your mpg. That's why it's cheaper.
 
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Old 01-26-2013, 08:18 PM
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That's what I assumed and didn't understand when people were trying to tell me it improves it. So it's all a waste of money
 
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Old 01-30-2013, 02:02 PM
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less mileage and cheaper cost means its the same price.
you just won't be sending your dollar bills to a sandy country that hates the USA.

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E-85 Fuel is the biggest Government sponsored scam going!
 
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Old 01-31-2013, 09:52 AM
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Not only will you lose MPG using E85, it also can damage your vehicle: http://washingtonexaminer.com/study-...rticle/2520078
 
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Old 01-31-2013, 10:27 AM
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E85 for a stock N/A truck you will lose MPG and see little to no performance gains or loses.

BUT E85 is about 105-110 octane so alot of race/street cars are switching to this. It requires a bigger fuel system to flow the amount of fuel needs it uses 25-30% more fuel than non ethanol fuels but the cooling factor and high octane allows guys to run there race tunes all the time and its much cheaper than racefuel at the drag.

Just do a quick google search for power gains after switching to E85. The results will surprise you!

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Old 01-31-2013, 10:32 AM
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E-85 Fuel is the biggest Government sponsored scam going!
And big oil isn't.....
 
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Old 01-31-2013, 10:41 AM
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On a stock vehicle you E85 is not much better than getting hammered on corn liquor and draining the kidney filtered remains into your gas tank.

Corn should be used to make whiskey and taco chips, not fuel!
 
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Old 01-31-2013, 10:59 AM
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this is true. corn is a poor feed stock for ethanol. cellulistic ethanol production is a better process. it just needs to be perfected. it uses stuff like miscanthus (african prairie grass) to make ethanol. miscanthus is not edible so it does not take food from our table too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol

sorry my spelling is poor.
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