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A Concise e85 / Methanol Pros & Cons List
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<blockquote data-quote="c6zhombre" data-source="post: 16455074" data-attributes="member: 76381"><p>I've not experienced any of these E85 "cons" and this car has over ten years of running it 365/24/7</p><p></p><p>1) no corrosive issues</p><p>2) no phase separation</p><p>3) no excess absorption of water</p><p>4) no hot or cold start issues (who's tuning matters here)</p><p>5) no failure of fuel pumps, hat, lines, injectors, fuel rails or fuel level sending unit</p><p></p><p>The fuel hat is a fore, the pumps are original supercar gt pumps not rated for ethanol, the inj are FMS 80s, the fuel rails are factory. The car sits a lot.....maybe 800 miles a year. Fires right up no matter how long I've let it sit. I'd say the longest I've gone between fill ups is 3 months. Fuel level indicator has always worked.</p><p></p><p>Some of the other cons are viable, like ease of availability, various ethanol % (although my station is pretty much E87 all year, every year). I would agree with fuel mpg loss of 30%....but only at WOT. If you put it in cruise 65mph....mpg is much close to gas than 30%. Maybe 10% loss partial throttle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c6zhombre, post: 16455074, member: 76381"] I've not experienced any of these E85 "cons" and this car has over ten years of running it 365/24/7 1) no corrosive issues 2) no phase separation 3) no excess absorption of water 4) no hot or cold start issues (who's tuning matters here) 5) no failure of fuel pumps, hat, lines, injectors, fuel rails or fuel level sending unit The fuel hat is a fore, the pumps are original supercar gt pumps not rated for ethanol, the inj are FMS 80s, the fuel rails are factory. The car sits a lot.....maybe 800 miles a year. Fires right up no matter how long I've let it sit. I'd say the longest I've gone between fill ups is 3 months. Fuel level indicator has always worked. Some of the other cons are viable, like ease of availability, various ethanol % (although my station is pretty much E87 all year, every year). I would agree with fuel mpg loss of 30%....but only at WOT. If you put it in cruise 65mph....mpg is much close to gas than 30%. Maybe 10% loss partial throttle. [/QUOTE]
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