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Old Nov 8, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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I remember reading from an academic paper that E fuels cause bad gas mileage... donno where tho. Its the same one that discusses acetone additives..
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Old Nov 8, 2005 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Aced16
but both of those are private, you cant get e85 if your a pedestrian.

i walk from time to time, i guess that would consider me a pedestrian, but i do have friends that are military. and they can buy it for me
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 01:44 AM
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If this stuff is only 85% ethanol what does the other 15% comprise of? And, if it's only 85% you'd have to run a little more of it to get to your desired octane rating ie. 4 gallons would actually only consist of 3.4 gallons of ethanol and .6 gallons of what ever else is in it.

100% Zylene and Toluene can be ran up to a 70:30 mix with a couple ounces of 2 stroke motor oil or Marvels Mystery Oil. This would yield about 100 - 101 when mixed with 93..
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by atlsupdawg#2
If this stuff is only 85% ethanol what does the other 15% comprise of? And, if it's only 85% you'd have to run a little more of it to get to your desired octane rating ie. 4 gallons would actually only consist of 3.4 gallons of ethanol and .6 gallons of what ever else is in it.

100% Zylene and Toluene can be ran up to a 70:30 mix with a couple ounces of 2 stroke motor oil or Marvels Mystery Oil. This would yield about 100 - 101 when mixed with 93..
The other 15% is standard gasoline. You are correct on the %'s, so you need to run a little more...that's why I suggested 3-4 gallons per tank, as this would yield roughly 10-12% ethanol, and about 95octane or so.

Zylene and Toluene and great octane boosters, but not at $8-$9/gallon. I have checked around online, and never found a cheap reliable source of that stuff. If you have a link, I am all eyes. Once you add up the price of a 2-4 gallons of toluene, all of a sudden, the cost shoots way up, and it becomes a very expensive octane boost.

This method I propose, yields 95 octane fuel, at no incremental cost....it's actually a little bit cheaper.
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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This is great info Sharif, you need to have your guys at CPR do some dyno testing on some cars with this info.

On a side note, anyone know the octane rating of JP8 off the top of your heads.

(Kidding, no flames please, I know it's closer to diesel than gas...)
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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This is great info as he ^ stated but i checked that site and wow not available in the tri state NY NJ CT figures
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