Mixing e85 and 112 race gas question

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Oct 5, 2011 | 10:27 PM

transam69230

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Mixing e85 and 112 race gas question

I feel like I am getting bad batches of gas for some reason. I am planning on running the car on saturday at the track. I was wonder of I can mix in some 112 with my e85? I was thinking like a 5-1 ratio. What would issues could arise? I just want to make sure the octane is high enough and stable.

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Oct 6, 2011 | 02:04 AM

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theres a funky mix.. essentially mixing 105 and 112. sounds like youre trying to make some strange e15 or something like that

Oct 6, 2011 | 03:19 AM

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Why dont you quit "feeling" like you have a bad batch and buy a $20 tester? Pretty simple.

Blindly mixing fuels like this is ingorant.

Oct 6, 2011 | 04:16 AM

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Obvisouly you cant read! It was a question if I could mix the gases together and what the effects could possible be

Oct 6, 2011 | 03:12 PM

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I would be VERY careful. Stoich values of the fuel is very different and will changes the burn rate of the fuel. I wouldn't, and as mentioned above I would buy a tester to check every batch of fuel before poured in.