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    Default E85 Ethanol

    Has an 100-105 octane rating.. so my question is why arent more turbo'd cars running off of this stuff?

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    whats the price of it?
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    cheaper than gas!
    like ALOT cheaper

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    I hear its about $2/gal in Chicago.. and their gas prices are a little higher than ours the last time I was there.

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    yeah thats awesome! didnt know about the octane rating tho! that kicks ass!

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    Man I would run that in the civic. Not for performance, only cause its cheaper.
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    it may be similar to toulene, has good octane rating and price, but is dangerous to handle and will fuck some stuff up if its not made for it
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    Quote Originally Posted by ECMgarrett
    it may be similar to toulene, has good octane rating and price, but is dangerous to handle and will fuck some stuff up if its not made for it

    All it really is is a very potent moonshine, wonder does that mean you can make it at home? Did a little research and found that Ethanol has about 69% of the energy output that regular gasoline has BUT pure ethanol has an octane rating of about 110. Interesting stuff..

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    hydrogen ftw
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    its made from corn..

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    is this that flexfuel stuff that some GM vehicles were made for? if so i think that the fuel system has to have some sort of special seals that are resistant to the properties of the ethanol, and something about it takes a lot more of it (like the injectors have to flow a lot more) than for gas to run properly...if this isn't the same stuff oops.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hondabuilder
    is this that flexfuel stuff that some GM vehicles were made for? if so i think that the fuel system has to have some sort of special seals that are resistant to the properties of the ethanol, and something about it takes a lot more of it (like the injectors have to flow a lot more) than for gas to run properly...if this isn't the same stuff oops.

    That is exactly it, in Brazil I believe it is Ethanol is just as common as regular gasoline and GM makes 90% of their cars compatible there. It does require bigger injectors and on some older cars it wouldn't work at all (which pertains to the seals you are talking about with the fuel system)

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    Quote Originally Posted by hondabuilder
    is this that flexfuel stuff that some GM vehicles were made for? if so i think that the fuel system has to have some sort of special seals that are resistant to the properties of the ethanol, and something about it takes a lot more of it (like the injectors have to flow a lot more) than for gas to run properly...if this isn't the same stuff oops.
    Fords and dodge's can run it too

    Taurus has been ffv since 96 this is old skool tech

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    85% ethanol and 15% gas.

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    between 100 and 105 octane rating.

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