Tahoe03mm
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Just curious how performance and fuel economy is on e85. We have like 2 public stations in all of western washington which is laaaame
Anyone running e85?
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dropmech
Puddle Pirate
From my own personal research, I've found that it is cheaper than regular gas, but the mileage is worse. So in the end it ends up working out to about the same amount of money spent. The factory used to process the fuel puts out just as much pollutants into the air as a regular gas plant.
We have two stations also. I paid $1.88 a gallon yesterday (87 is around $2.48) not sure of the mileage, I never check mine. But you can definitely tell a difference in performance! Not sure of the octane rating in ours but it says 100+.
blueflamed03
Elite Member
I think it's like 105 octane.
Grocery Getter
A guy with a truck.
Well y'all know I'm a fan:
" As for milage and cost if you do the math it is a wash and you will spend about 5% less to go the same amount of miles. Basically E85 is about 25% less efficient so if you're getting 20MPG's(just for conversations sake) you'll get 15 but it's 25-30% cheaper(E85 $2.00-$229/ 91 $2.70-$3.00) so if you're running 91 Octane(and not getting the most out of your 93 BB Tune) it's a wash or you save a little cash. I spend the same amount on gas each week as I did running 91 I just have to fill up an extra time so now I use about 1.5 tanks of gas as apposed to 1. I'll tell ya' I hate when I have to run 91 the difference is very noticeable. I am not so sold on the environmental aspect of it but I do think it helps decrease the need for foreign oil and that's a selling point for be but overall the performance is what has me going back. I don't think it is convenient enough here in Phx for a lot of people to use it, I happen to have a station right by my house or I probably wouldn't use it but don't write it off, I think it's a good fuel............
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Yes, it's rated at 105
" As for milage and cost if you do the math it is a wash and you will spend about 5% less to go the same amount of miles. Basically E85 is about 25% less efficient so if you're getting 20MPG's(just for conversations sake) you'll get 15 but it's 25-30% cheaper(E85 $2.00-$229/ 91 $2.70-$3.00) so if you're running 91 Octane(and not getting the most out of your 93 BB Tune) it's a wash or you save a little cash. I spend the same amount on gas each week as I did running 91 I just have to fill up an extra time so now I use about 1.5 tanks of gas as apposed to 1. I'll tell ya' I hate when I have to run 91 the difference is very noticeable. I am not so sold on the environmental aspect of it but I do think it helps decrease the need for foreign oil and that's a selling point for be but overall the performance is what has me going back. I don't think it is convenient enough here in Phx for a lot of people to use it, I happen to have a station right by my house or I probably wouldn't use it but don't write it off, I think it's a good fuel............
---------- Post added at 06:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:25 AM ----------
Yes, it's rated at 105
