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I recently found a station near by that sells it at $2.40 a gallon, and its octane rating is 105. Would it be harmful if i switched to this?

cbusAcuracls

don't think so

E-85 ethanol is used in engines modified to accept higher concentrations of ethanol. Such flexible-fuel engines are designed to run on any mixture of gasoline or ethanol with up to 85% ethanol by volume. The primary differences from non-FFVs is the elimination of bare magnesium, aluminum, and rubber parts in the fuel system, the use of fuel pumps capable of operating with electrically conductive (ethanol) instead of non-conducting dielectric (gasoline) fuel, specially-coated wear-resistant engine parts, fuel injection control systems having a wider range of pulse widths (for injecting approximately 40% more fuel), the selection of stainless steel fuel lines (sometimes lined with plastic), the selection of stainless steel fuel tanks in place of terne fuel tanks, and, in some cases, the use of acid-neutralizing motor oil. For vehicles with fuel-tank mounted fuel pumps, additional differences to prevent arcing, as well as flame arrestors positioned in the tank's fill pipe, are also sometimes used.

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the gas we use has 10% ethanol in it.....grrrr

phipark

Somewhere, I read we could, but you'll get decreased mileage.

fsttyms1

I wouldnt, i see a big decrease in mileage with gas with 10% in it. No way would i stick E85 in my car.

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i dont mind the loss of gas mileage. i just wanna keep the octane high and detonation away

Alperovich

you can run E85 in any engine, as long as you make the necessary adjustment thats are required for it. I can't remember everything needed, but i recal my fuel's teacher talking about. I'm sure some research online and u can find out. question is it gonna be worth the money your gonna spend on custom order components?

fsttyms1

Get a e-manage and a tune.

cbusAcuracls

wouldn't that defeat the purpose of buying the cheaper e85 gas if you have to fill up more?
IMO...go buy some 93 premium...and some octane booster..

cbusAcuracls

Yes there are kits to upgrade your fuel system..but the money spent on the kit is not a practical reason to save 10 cents at the pump. If there is even a kit out there for us?????...probably would have to make a custom one. Kinda a big waste of time and money IMO.

Cocoa

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Octane booster doesn't raise octane by much. It raises it by .1 So his gas would go from 93 to 93.1 Also, from my understanding, it only works on 87 fuel anyways.

Go to Home Depot or Lowes, and get Toluene or Xylene. Both have an octane rating of 115. That's what I use for my nitrous. It's $15/gallon, but who cares, it's small money compared to what you're preventing.

Alperovich

yup true that. i never said it wasn't pointless, i kinda ment to imply it thou

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i wasnt lookin to save money, looking to prevent detonation for the time being till i can find a good tuner

underst8

Didn't you just put a blower in? With that setup I'd just spend my money on a piggyback, a tune, and 93.

g1underground

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Just don't spill any on your hands or the ground.....that stuff is a carcinogen and EPA would have a fit.

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ive been had a blower, i just put in a new motor

bleh, i was just curious, it dont bother me. seems like a hastle

underst8

ah right doh.

BustedS13

e85 where i am is about 60 cents cheaper per gallon. i've considered doing a half and half mix, but without any definitive answer on how safe it is to use a higher percentage of e85 in an engine not designed for it, i'm just going to stay away for now.

Accord_V6_400m

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You can't use E85 long term because of the unavoidable corrosion that would occur, the flex vehicles modif their fuel systems to prevent this from ocuring.

You'll get about half the fuel economy with I thinkit was either E85 or E100, either way at that cost, your only going to benfit from its higher octane which is great because at twice the cost to get the same fuel economy it will stil be less the $5 a gallon which is at least $1 cheaper then ordinary 100 octane gas.

BENDER08

what if you filled half tank 93 half tank e85

Soccer_playa1579

the main point here is to just not put e85 in ur tank... stick with 93 and octane booster and get on with it =)

Accord_V6_400m

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Not sure, hard to say how much ethanol is safe in our vehicles, obviously up to 10% is alright since most gas here in So Cal has up to 10% of it.

It would work for a little bit, the problem is long term consequences. So go for it.

BustedS13

1. gasoline contains 10% ethanol
2. octane booster is snake oil
3. a stock honda engine is designed for maximum efficiency on pump gas anyway

Accord_V6_400m

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