TSAEB

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just wondering if anyone has converted to e85 here in houston? is it easy to get fuel?.....how do you like it over all? did a quick google search for locations and it does seem like we have a few places down here with e85...any info would be nice.

v8sten

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it smells like fried chicken

blackonblacksls

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I use itin everything I can. Cheap and makes more power and really opens up the tuning window...

Dave_the_SS

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How much harder is tuning e85 though?? And ate the gains with it? Cause its not sold at a lot of gas stations

imperial07

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its easy to do the swap you just need new fuel lines, injectors, fuel filter and possibly a pump depending on you power level. a buddy switched his supra over to E85 and on the same psi he went from 481whp to 521whp during tuning, this was on 1/2 of his max boost, he found out he needed bigger injectors to hit full boost. he has his car setup to run either 93 or E85 through a stand alone so in case there isn't a E85 station near by he can still fill up on 93. filling up would be the biggest concern if there isn't a station readily available for you. tuning is a little easier from what i've been told because it doesn't detonate as early as 93 since it's rated higher than 100. however E85 is more corrosive than 93.

5w20

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its only worth it if you have some type of forced induction. n/a won't gain much.

imo its very much worth it on a weekend toy and not a daily.

redz_02

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Kroger and HEB carry it. Google it and you'll find a list of stores.

As for smelling like fried chicken. I think you are confusing bio diesel with e85 which is 85% ethanol (corn based).

v8sten

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nope my friend runs it in his turbo ford ranger, and it smells like fried chicken

redz_02

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Guess I need to take another wiff.

WILDMN

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E85 is cheaper too right? How much would the conversion cost?

JankesGTO

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I've run it before. Smells good with no cats. It is cheaper but you need roughly 30% more so you won't save much money. I stopped running it because I got tired of worrying about running out of fuel. Like stated before it's not worth time or effort unless your fi.

TSAEB

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i also see people convert to e85 with 12.5 or higher compression and nitrous guys....for me it seem like a good idea...i will be running and lt1 with 12.5 or higher compression on nitrous.....daily driver for work only...30min total a day....(even that might change)....and i have to upgrade injectors and pump allready...only extra cost will be fuel lines....ill have to check on that.

so i cant run e85 on stock fuel system...but i can run normal gas on system for e85...so i could maybe just have a small extra cell for e85 and use it when i go to the track or vise versa...tunning is no biggie....we can always reflash the pcm with the right tune....seems like a win win for me.

5w20

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e85 smells better than 93 pump.

lane_change

I've been running E85 in the C6Z for about 8 months now, no problems. Fuel mileage definitely took a turn for the worse. I'm just an n/a car so I haven't gotten many of the major benefits of the fuel, but my new setup with 13.8:1 heads should change that feeling since I would never be able to run this type of compression on pump gas. We'll see how she does with the new WCCH heads and after that, we'll see how she does with a bottle on top of that.

v8sten

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correct, e85 is very corrosive and will rust out the stock steel lines. i just put a L59 Flex Fuel 5.3 in a S10 and compared it to a regular 5.3 only difference i saw was the injectors were bigger and the fuel lines and rails were stainless steel

JankesGTO

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http://www.hptuners.com/forum/showth...ght=offset+afr

strokergsr

Just dont get caught running low at night. All the fill stations at Kroger close at 9 or 10pm. I ran it all the time on my inline 6 with boost. Plan on running it on my 13:1 408 too. Big pump and big injectors are a must

TSAEB

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dam thats a nice right up and from that article and many people who have been running e85 say it will not corrode anything..... so the myth that you have to upgrade lines is not true.....just upgrade your injectors and fuel pump....then tune....tune is a lil tricky since this still need some getting use to and more people sharing there results.....plus starting can take a lil to program .....so this keeps loooking better and better for me.....if i do go e85...i for sure will bump up my cc ...maybe by milling my heads a lil to clean up.

NemeSS

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The roger by my house stop sellin it some time ago

strokergsr

There are tuners locally that have done a lot with e85. Do a little homework and you will have no problem getting help with whatever your setup may be