E85 IS AN ETHANOL BASED FUEL BLEND CONTAINS UP TO 85 % ETHANOL AND 15 % GASOLINE.
GASOLINE ON AVERAGE CONTAINS 10% ETHANOL.
E85 IS PRODUCED USING RENEWABLE PRODUCTS SUCH AS CORN AND GRAINS ALSO GRASS CLIPPINGS AND GARBAGE.
ONE BUSHEL OF CORN CAN PRODUCE 2.5 GALS. OF ETHANOL.
E85 BURNS CLEANER DUE TO ITS HIGH O2 LEVEL AND IS LESS COMPLEX THAN GASOLINE
E85 IS BIODEGRADABLE NON TOXIC AND IS WATER SOLUBLE
E85 OCTANE RATING IS 105 ,BUT MILEAGE IS 25% LOWER PER GALLON THAN GASOLINE DUE TO ITS LESSER ENERGY CONTENT.
TO MAKE E85 WORTH BUYING IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST 25% CHEAPER THAN GASOLINE.
I CONVERTED A 1993 FORD 2.3 LITER RANGER OVER TO E85 USING LARGER INJECTORS ( MORE LB/HR IS NEEDED FOR E85)BUT I CAN NOT GO BACK TO GASOLINE DO TO THE LARGER INJECTORS. FLEX FUEL CARS DO THIS VIA THE COMPUTER
I LOVE USING E85 IN THIS RANGER RIGHT NOW AT THE TIME OF THIS GUIDE GASOLINE IS $ 4.25 AND E85 IS $ 3.75 I DO NOT NOTICE LESS MILAGE BUT I DO NOTICE MORE POWER AND ACCELERATION.
SO I THINK ITS WORTH IT TO MY POCKET AND THE GOOD AND ONLY EARTH WE SHARE
Guide created: 06/16/08 (updated 06/30/08)
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