E85 Fuel Economy

[Silver03Termi]

What kind of mileage are you guys getting with e85?? Im lucky to get 11mpg. Is it in my tune...or is this stuff this inefficient?

 

[dadro77]

It burns about 30% more than regular fuel, so you get 30% less gas mileage....

 

[Sniperdog]

look on the bright side.,.,., you make 665 rwhp :dancenana:

not that you built that beast to get good gas mileage anyway :thumbsup:



edit: for the irony of you using the words "Fuel Economy" lol

 

[Parts-is-Parts]

Who worries about fuel economy with 665rwhp?

 

[04silver]

yea i get arould 11.5mpg on e85 with e85 i dont really care about Fuel Economy just happy with the power im making 700rwhp

 

[95snake03]

700rwhp > fuel mileage

buy a beater honda like I did and youll thank me. If its got running engine, heat, a/c, and radio then your good to go

 

[Silver03Termi]

all good points. thanks guys

 

[spyder1337]

Just be happy you have e85 where you live... ****ers.

 

[hweb30]

Think of it as cost per mile. Considering 91/93 is now like $4.50 a gallon.

 

[dadro77]

700rwhp > fuel mileage

buy a beater honda like I did and youll thank me. If its got running engine, heat, a/c, and radio then your good to go

Ha Ha!! That's what I did. 95 Civic and 35 mpg ftw!!

 

[ZOSO]

The more I tune the better mileage im getting. I average right around 15 with city driving and some spirited driving. Best highway so far is 19.5 granted im not at 600+ hp either. This is my lil eaton.

 

[Silver03Termi]

Think of it as cost per mile. Considering 91/93 is now like $4.50 a gallon.

$/mile im definitely losing out. 93 is $4.09 here, e85 is $3.35

 

[stkjock]

around town 10ish, highway 14-15, mixed 11-12

but hey 800whp takes a lot of corn.................

 

[spyder1337]

Can you have two tunes, one for e85 and one for 93 octane and say you are on the 93 tune but still have some e85 left in the tank will that work? Obviously the e85 will need straight e85 as it's going to have more timing etc. Just curious as I would like to have an e85 kill tune but the closest place is 2 hours away so driving around or on a trip to the track in the car would be better served if say I could have my 93 tune on and then drain the tank or vice versa?

 

[Silver03Termi]

Can you have two tunes, one for e85 and one for 93 octane and say you are on the 93 tune but still have some e85 left in the tank will that work? Obviously the e85 will need straight e85 as it's going to have more timing etc. Just curious as I would like to have an e85 kill tune but the closest place is 2 hours away so driving around or on a trip to the track in the car would be better served if say I could have my 93 tune on and then drain the tank or vice versa?

Yes.

 

[bb97gt]

I didn't notice a significant drop in fuel mileage with the E85, still average 15-16mpg around town. You burn 30% at WOT, shouldn't be as much for regular driving. Could all be in the tune...

 

[BADASS03SVT]

havent hand calculated it....but I seem to be right around 1mpg....maybe a bit lees like .9mpg

 

[2.4LAWDTalon]

I didn't notice a significant drop in fuel mileage with the E85, still average 15-16mpg around town. You burn 30% at WOT, shouldn't be as much for regular driving. Could all be in the tune...

Yea but thats the thing with e85 most are just gonna beat on it more and with more boost etc so it will be pretty bad for most.