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EPA wants to increase ethanol to 15%
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<blockquote data-quote="radman" data-source="post: 577469" data-attributes="member: 167"><p>We ran a 20% ethanol test here at the U for a few months. All warm weather-no cold starting testing which should have been part of the set, as our E85 vehicles find that to be the biggest test. The results were unspectacular-keep in mind none of the vehicles tested (100, mix of car/light truck) were Flexi Fuel capable, just run of the mill gas powered. Mileage was down across the board, driveability complaints (hesitation, surging, check engine lights), some poor starting. Certain brand/engine combos were more susceptible to problems than others, the worst being Ford E series vans. The Chevs didn't change much, they crap out all the time anyway though. Mopar seemed most comfortable, strangely the campus only vehicles (all makes) that rarely see a highway fared best.</p><p></p><p>Edit-oh, and octane goes up with the alky. One way to fully utilize alkys potential is to crank compression, E85 makes a great fuel for 572 Big Blocks that are street driven with 12-1 compression, I built one of them. Ditto a 13-1 Poncho 421(race only however).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="radman, post: 577469, member: 167"] We ran a 20% ethanol test here at the U for a few months. All warm weather-no cold starting testing which should have been part of the set, as our E85 vehicles find that to be the biggest test. The results were unspectacular-keep in mind none of the vehicles tested (100, mix of car/light truck) were Flexi Fuel capable, just run of the mill gas powered. Mileage was down across the board, driveability complaints (hesitation, surging, check engine lights), some poor starting. Certain brand/engine combos were more susceptible to problems than others, the worst being Ford E series vans. The Chevs didn't change much, they crap out all the time anyway though. Mopar seemed most comfortable, strangely the campus only vehicles (all makes) that rarely see a highway fared best. Edit-oh, and octane goes up with the alky. One way to fully utilize alkys potential is to crank compression, E85 makes a great fuel for 572 Big Blocks that are street driven with 12-1 compression, I built one of them. Ditto a 13-1 Poncho 421(race only however). [/QUOTE]
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