My E85 Ethanol Gas Mileage :)
05-23-2007, 12:41 AM
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Again, this wasn't easy driving... it was kidnda goofin off in a way 
I just filled up and am going to drive this week without gaggin or bein hard on it. Just gonna cruise around and see how that works.
I just filled up and am going to drive this week without gaggin or bein hard on it. Just gonna cruise around and see how that works.
05-23-2007, 03:21 AM
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brick, im from off of grandparkway by cinco ranchish....
as far as the thread, i doubt youll se much power gain from E85 but who knows. theres a few krogers around houston that have it now.
as far as the thread, i doubt youll se much power gain from E85 but who knows. theres a few krogers around houston that have it now.
05-23-2007, 08:51 AM
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Alot of Katy guys here. lol
I really like the E85. Its 105 octane so yes it will get less milage in our low compression motors, but if you ran a motor with 11:1 you would get as good as stock milage. The high compression takes agvantage of the higher octane where the lower compression cant effeciently use the higher octane. E85 is also a much cleaner burning fuel and has nearly no deposits like gasoline.
I really like the E85. Its 105 octane so yes it will get less milage in our low compression motors, but if you ran a motor with 11:1 you would get as good as stock milage. The high compression takes agvantage of the higher octane where the lower compression cant effeciently use the higher octane. E85 is also a much cleaner burning fuel and has nearly no deposits like gasoline.
05-23-2007, 09:36 AM
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I took a trip over the weekend with the idea of runing E85 the whole way. The first tank got me 17.4mpg. After that tank I ended up putting 5 gallons of premium back in to get me to the next E85 station since the one I stopped at when I was real low had run out of E85. After that though I refueled with E85 and have been getting what I would guess to be around 16-17mpg still. There was alot of highway driving on the first tank, about 80%. Since then I've been running alot of everything kind of driving. After gas prices went up 30 cents in one day around here I plan to keep running it and tune for it.
05-23-2007, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by zippy
I took a trip over the weekend with the idea of runing E85 the whole way. The first tank got me 17.4mpg. After that tank I ended up putting 5 gallons of premium back in to get me to the next E85 station since the one I stopped at when I was real low had run out of E85. After that though I refueled with E85 and have been getting what I would guess to be around 16-17mpg still. There was alot of highway driving on the first tank, about 80%. Since then I've been running alot of everything kind of driving. After gas prices went up 30 cents in one day around here I plan to keep running it and tune for it.
Does anyone know what E85 goes for in thier area?
05-23-2007, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff12
can someone tell me if my truck is fuel flex and can run e85? its a 2003 avalanche 5.3L
05-23-2007, 01:26 PM
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I just looked and there's a bunch of stations here in town! There's on my way home from work too. $2.65/gal
So basically with 91 octane at $3.19/gal here at 17mpg I would break even if I get around 14mpg with E85.
Zippy, what did you do to tune it exactly? What's your target AFR while cruising and at WOT?
$2.65/galSo basically with 91 octane at $3.19/gal here at 17mpg I would break even if I get around 14mpg with E85.
Zippy, what did you do to tune it exactly? What's your target AFR while cruising and at WOT?