E85 Question

[LokiWolf]

Do you also have the winning lottery ticket numbers since you seem to know everything that's going to happen in the future?

Nope, no lottery numbers sorry. Keeping those to myself so I can afford my mods! Just know what’s going on.


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[Toadster]

I would never 87 octane "CRAP" gasoline in anything
Use minimum of 91 octane

drive through Nebraska on I-80 sometime... we did this a few years ago

this was at the station, which would you pick if you were running a 91 octane tune?


btw - I picked E85 and got 9.9MPG for the next 300 miles (this was in my Raptor with a 36 gallon tank)

 

[F=MA]

drive through Nebraska on I-80 sometime... we did this a few years ago

this was at the station, which would you pick if you were running a 91 octane tune?
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btw - I picked E85 and got 9.9MPG for the next 300 miles (this was in my Raptor with a 36 gallon tank)

And the answer is...

 

[Toadster]

And the answer is...

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hmm but that wasn't available at the station...

 

[TMac]

There

drive through Nebraska on I-80 sometime... we did this a few years ago

this was at the station, which would you pick if you were running a 91 octane tune?
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btw - I picked E85 and got 9.9MPG for the next 300 miles (this was in my Raptor with a 36 gallon tank)

You should look also at the gas mileage thread. If I were just trying to get good highway mileage I'd be shooting for a low ethanol content. All things being equal, you'll get better mileage from a higher gas content for part-throttle driving. Ethanol is a great fuel for racing, but if we're just talking about cruising, every 10% in ethanol is about 3.3% less mileage.

So a 30% mix is right around 10% loss in mileage. All calculations based on 114,000 btu per gallon of gas vs 76,100 btu per gallon of ethanol.

edited for fat fingering 3%!

 

[F=MA]

I run the ZFG E50 tune so I get about 12-13 mpg in town and perhaps 15 mpg on a longer highway run. At the same time my fuel mix (50% E85 and 50% 93 octane E30) costs approximately $2.50 to $2.75 per gallon. Before the ZFG tune it would have been 91 octane E10 (at about one dollar more per gallon in cost) and about 14-15 mpg in town.

 

[Toadster]

Lol paying $4.49 in NorCal for 91

 

[mycbtech]

drive through Nebraska on I-80 sometime... we did this a few years ago

this was at the station, which would you pick if you were running a 91 octane tune?
View attachment 17303

btw - I picked E85 and got 9.9MPG for the next 300 miles (this was in my Raptor with a 36 gallon tank)

when I was 91 tuned I ran the ST at an E30 mix, so you'd be fine at E30 plus get a bit more power.

 

[mycbtech]

I run the ZFG E50 tune so I get about 12-13 mpg in town and perhaps 15 mpg on a longer highway run. At the same time my fuel mix (50% E85 and 50% 93 octane E30) costs approximately $2.50 to $2.75 per gallon. Before the ZFG tune it would have been 91 octane E10 (at about one dollar more per gallon in cost) and about 14-15 mpg in town.

on E50 im getting maaayyybe 11 in town, but im sure its due to my right foot being a bit heavier

 

[bosephbarking]

And the answer is...

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Where the heck are you at to get those gas prices.

 

[SimonsGTS]

Lol paying $4.49 in NorCal for 91

Yeah, same

 

[mycbtech]

Yeah, same

pfft!! where?? im paying 4.99, granted I have to also put in E so i need to stay at the same station.

 

[SimonsGTS]

pfft!! where?? im paying 4.99, granted I have to also put in E so i need to stay at the same station.

Yeah I think I'm actually paying $5.13 for 91 octane at Chevron, I have the FRP Tune and want full performance on the way to get groceries!

 

[F=MA]

Where the heck are you at to get those gas prices.

Photo from a couple years ago but E85 still $2.20 and E30 fluctuates $3.50 to $3.80 ish.

 

[ARC]

The only advantage to living in Illinois is that Ethanol is everywhere and cheap. I'm now running an e30 tune from gearhead. I had an e50 tune from 5 Star. I only miss the e50 tune cause after blending I averaged 3.20 per gallon. I will say though the gearhead tune at e30 shifts better and feels faster, however the per gallon went up to around 3.75.

 

[Jetiemann]

And the answer is...

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Just bumping this for everyone to remember the gas prices a few years ago….

 

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