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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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I just thought it might be fun to watch a E85 cold start it smokes a little more then gas when the engine is cold...
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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wow does it really run on e85? you need to do a full write up, howd you do it, what did it cost, did you lose power? everything you could think of. Where do you get the fuel? is your car any less fun to drive? im very VERY interested in this. I live in the capital of california and i would love to do this to my car and raise awareness.please do a write up or pm me
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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Looks like regular Steam to me when you fire up a car when it's cold..
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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530 Trans Am, look at his sig... He's done write ups, answered all the questions etc.
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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Feel free to post questions in the link in my sig...

Three years on E85 now and it still runs strong
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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wow thats bad ***. A city 8 miles away from me just started up a Biodiesel plant.
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 11:40 PM
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Why convert it to a fuel then use twice as much in less miles. Stiill neat though.
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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by 01WS6/tamu
Why convert it to a fuel then use twice as much in less miles. Stiill neat though.
Because it gives you 5% more hp, thats why
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it will also be alot cheaper eventaully, still expensive here in the states.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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I wonder how different it would be, on the LT1 side..tuning, performance,etc..So, mixing E85 with 93 octane really wouldn't benefit you that much, w/o tweaking the tune?
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by redz_02
it will also be alot cheaper eventaully, still expensive here in the states.
ItŽs a lot cheaper than racegas...
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whoops i didnt even look in his sig lol. Is e85 the stuff made from corn oils etc? like you always hear about people getting the fry oil from mcdonalds. Is this the same stuff? or is it different? Do you have any good videos just of you driving or racing your car RUNN? i like the way it sounds and was wondering what it sounded like when you drove it.
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