Anyone ever use E-85?

[blk_srt]

I was told today that e-85 is like 112 octane since its 85% ethonal and now that I'm running no egr no cat and no evap that my car could run on it and that its basically cheap race gas. Anyone know anything about it?

[crunchymilk55]

negative

[L-Spec]

I don't know if anyone would find this useful, but here's a link:http://www.iowacorn.org/ethanol/ethanol_5a.html. I'm still reading it, but it seems to answer a lot.

The FFV system allows the driver to use any combination of gasoline or ethanol -- from 100% unleaded gasoline to 85% ethanol. A driver can therefore use unleaded gasoline if ethanol is not available.

That actually sounds good to me I must admit, I like the smell of gasoline when I'm filling up the gas tank.

[blk_srt]

If what I heard is true , E-85 is a shit ton cheaper than 93octane and its supposed to be rated at like 112 octane

[l_eclipse_l]

From the little bit that I have heard, your car has to be designed to handle it. I have seen commercials for new cars that have the ability to use it, but I don't think that unless it is designed for it, you can't use it.

[Thor06]

Yeah, your car cant take it. It has to be a "flexible fuel" vehicle. www.e85.org has more info. Actually its 105 octane . I was thinking about that though, I think in MN they already use like 10%-15% ethanol, I was wondering if you couldnt make some higher octane gas with something like 30% ethanol and have it run ok.