I love E85 Options

[dauss]

The only practical application for E85. I got my car to run it. Not because it has environmental benefits or help ween us off foreign oil because it doesn't and it won't, but this:
91 octane gasoline


E85


Who knew that in an attempt to save the environment, they created street legal race fuel. Anyways, the dyno reads a little low, plus 6000ft elevation robs the power. A 2006 Z06 Corvette(505hp says Chevrolet) puts down 406 wheel hosepower on this particular dyno.

[dauss]

I guess you need to provide some proof that e10 makes your car slower. You will notice a drop in gas mileage. Where are you at now? Utah? Depending on where, the higher elevation in Colorado may be the cause of your truck feeling slower.

Why does water/methanol injection work for performance applications in cars? It draws heat out of the combustion chamber, effectively raising the octane of the fuel coming in, and mostly eliminating knocking. Ethanol burns at a lower temperature than gasoline also creating a cooling effect. So, you can not only increase the compression(because it won't knock), but also the air fuel ratio making more power. E85 is about 105 octane. It burns more efficiently(quicker) at the proper richer mixtures, which allows you to advance the timing as well.

Depend on the automobile, all modern cars can run e10 without any problems due to the vehicle's ECU to change the timing. I don't know if snowmobile's have an ECU, but you will need more fuel due to the lower energy content of ethanol vs gasoline.

I thought all fuel was 10% nowadays. or "up to 10%" or whatever.

Can't because we aren't growing enough food to convert into ethanol to mix with gasoline. I think it is about half of the gasoline in the US is up to 10% ethanol.