Yes, but that's only certain parts of your setup. I'm talking about the aluminum. Of course vehicles have been setup to WITHSTAND the ethanol fuels, but that doesn't change the fact that it still eats the top end of the motor (aluminum heads). The E85 doesn't have a correct octane rating of 105, it's more around the ratings of 96 or so. And yes it does lower our dependence on foreign oil (I'm all for it), but when the E85 first came out it might of been worth getting. Now the dang E85 is pretty much just as expensive as 87 where I'm from and the NBS tahoes/yukons/etc. get horrible gas mileage with it. And if on average its 25% less efficient then why isn't it 25% cheaper. I know corn, etc. might of become more expensive, but I thought that this was suppose to be our cheaper alternative and not a more expensive one. The reason E85 isn't as efficient is because our engines cannot use that type of fuel to its potential. They ran that fuel in the C6R at the Le Mans before and it did great, but that engine was setup specifically for it, whereas ours aren't. They are only setup to WITHSTAND it, and to run it. So this was not some ignorant statement. I have chosen not to run it regularly, and for a reason. It really gets on my nerves when people say it doesn't ruin your engine and buy into all the other propaganda put out there by the government....haha.
