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Old 02-20-2011, 08:18 PM
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Am I the only one who checks every few weeks to see if a new gas station came around that has e85?
Old 02-20-2011, 08:29 PM
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Why do you want it? We have it here, it costs less because you get less. From what guys around here have said you lose somewhere between 1-3 MPG on it.
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Why do you want it? We have it here, it costs less because you get less. From what guys around here have said you lose somewhere between 1-3 MPG on it.
Look at his "on deck" list. tvs1900. e85 is great for boost.
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Originally Posted by dmelvin
Why do you want it? We have it here, it costs less because you get less. From what guys around here have said you lose somewhere between 1-3 MPG on it.
A lot of guys running boost like E85 because it's like a cheap race fuel.
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Look at his "on deck" list. tvs1900. e85 is great for boost.
Duh... didn't even pay attention.. yeah, the 110ish octane would be great for that
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You would think with this hippy *** town I live it would be all over the place but its only at two gas stations.
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Not available here either. There's a small group of guys here looking into a group buy, to have some shipped up in 55 gallon drums. Maybe that is an option you could look into.
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like was said its in anticipation of the boost

i got a place thats about 45 mins from me. ive thought of getting a large tank and going and filling. my prob is how much i drive for work and in the opposite direction.

the one thing that gets to me is the gas station at the end of my street has cam2 100 octane but its like 6 bucks a gallon. idk why they wouldnt go to e85, im sure they would sell a lot more
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even here in so cal , one of the most hippie tree hugging places with no e85 within 45 miles of me .

i really want to run it as well . but converting and making a fuel system that will support the fuel i need to keep my power is alot of moola.

id also consider ordering 55 gallon drums to be able to keep it consistant . from the pump has to be tested because it can differ from other e85 quite alot.
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gotta think of something quick for me. just heard gas is projected to be $5 a gallon by summers end


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