35mpg on e85

[Lil' Whitie]

shell use no ethonal but bp does

k so what is the advantage of e85 then?

[Pandemic]

e85 is 15% ethanol, isn't it? 85% gas? I thought that was THE limit before you had to do conversions to ECU and fuel injectors.

[BB6-SH]

e85 is 15% ethanol, isn't it? 85% gas? I thought that was THE limit before you had to do conversions to ECU and fuel injectors.

it's the other way around 15% fuel and 85% ethanol

[Pandemic]

E-85 ethanol is used in engines modified to accept higher concentrations of ethanol. Such flexible-fuel vehicles (FFV) are designed to run on any mixture of gasoline or ethanol with up to 85% ethanol by volume. There are a few major differences between FFVs and non-FFVs. One is the elimination of bare magnesium, aluminum, and rubber parts in the fuel system. Another is that fuel pumps must be capable of operating with electrically conductive ethanol instead of non-conducting dielectric gasoline fuel. Fuel injection control systems have a wider range of pulse widths to inject approximately 40% more fuel. Stainless steel fuel lines, sometimes lined with plastic, and stainless steel fuel tanks in place of terne fuel tanks are used. In some cases, FFVs use 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.[citations needed]

85% ethanol... I guess that's not what I ran :P

[Pandemic]

maybe it was e15 or something :P

[immeraufdemhund]

I just started using e85 in my h22a4 92 lude. I have the accord injectors in it though (or maybe h23..can't remember) and i'm running a p13 ecu. I haven't noticed any real differences though. The only thing i'm kinda concerned with is instead of getting a puff of black smoke when i take off real hard, i get a grayish color puff of smoke. I'm still waiting on figures for gas milage. I was going to take off flex line from fuel filter too after a few tanks and check her out.

[accordaffair]

gas has had 10-15% ethanol for a long time. If you look in your owners manual, it says it can use gas containing no more than 10-15% ethanol

e85, though, is different

[Pandemic]

I dont think it was e85. I think it was ethanol free. That's the reason for the huge gas mileage figure. I have up to 10% ethanol in the tank right now.

[texasvtak]

I get 30 driving like a douche.

[mappyCB7]

I'm getting an average of twentyfive on my accord but the motor is in poor shape and I'm broke so i'm doing my best to maintain it but I'm taking it to get tuned up asap. or when i get the money

[helofast]

I've had like 40mpg. Not kidding, I was about 130 miles away from home, with 1/2 tank of fuel, when I got home I still had more than 1/4 tank left in there. So it only used like 3 gallons of fuel; Im sure driving down hill about 75% of the time, and me not using the accelerator helped

[d112crzy]

E85 is HORRIBLE on gas mileage. Its takes more e85 fuel to make the same amount of power than on regular fuel.

What you guys are running is def. not e85.

The only thing it WILL do is raise your knock limit. E85 is used by a lot of high hp cars.

You do need double the size of your normal injectors, and super healthy fuel pump to run e85.

You guys are running on some other shit.

[nostringz]

i've heard e85 increasing horsepower and passing emissions tests. i dunno about gas mileage

[Pandemic]

negative. ethanol = less stored energy = less power. Since this experience, I try to only use shell gas.

[ibr_adam09]

lol at this thread for being yr and half old

lol at comment just made

and big time the op to respond so quick

just thought it was pretty funny that the OP responded to a comment made for a thread that was really old, ... irony