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Old 05-03-2006   #1
Thor06
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Ethanol/E85... what would one need to do?

So I was reading a thread here on 1600cc injectors and I saw the author of the thread was going to be running ethanol. That got me thinking... what would someone need to do to make their car compatible with E85/ethanol? I have thought about it a lot and researched for quite a while one night and found a grand total of nothing. E85 is cheaper (like $1.60 a gallon or something crazy low) and I know that you get way shittier gas milage, I'm not worried about that. The reason I am interested in this, is 1). E85 is 105 octane and I figured I could just run that instead of switching to race gas for race days and I wouldnt have to play with boost/dsmlink settings (still dont know jack about tuning ) when going from street to track, and 2). I am going to school for Mechanical Engineering, hopefully to develope cars to run on alternative fuels. Converting my Talon to E85 would kill two birds with one stone, being able to leave my tune alone between track and street, and learning something about alternative fuels and how to convert normal cars. Any input?
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