E85 users in the San Jose area rejoice!

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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 11:37 PM
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this is a good read if you want to learn more about e85 blend w/gas
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1854963/...-Blends-Report
Old Jun 15, 2009 | 01:31 AM
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Sweeeeeet i dont have to go to hayward anymore to get my fix!
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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BUMP.. More E-85 stations coming to SJ. Fremont and Oakland also will get some E-85 pumps

California
COMING SOON - San Jose, Montague Expressway
790 Montague Expressway
San Jose, California 95131

COMING SOON - San Jose, Capitol Expressway
735 W Capitol Expressway
San Jose, California 95136

COMING SOON - Oakland
350 Grand Ave
Oakland, California 94610

COMING SOON - Fremont
39707 Paseo Padre Parkway
Fremont, California 94538
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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yes! can't wait to try. i know the evo crowd makes tons of power on e85, but what 4g/4b doesnt these days

ssteve, hah i like how you try and be modest by first not saying what car you had.

i know about them mitsus, make mad power easy on just about anything. throw **** in the gas tank and i bet it will make power hah

props to the guy who did the test on that other gas station, trying to cheat us on with e60!

its like those rumors back in the day about rotten robbie and other small time gas stations mixing water, but i think that was just more rumor than anything
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Still not enough for me to make the switch. Maybe if I had a garage queen =(
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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when the hell are they going to bring some up the peninsula? please someone buy a gas station and put some E85 pumps in, San Mateo would be a great place to start
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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how do you even get your car to run e-85 fuel?
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 09:04 PM
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how do you even get your car to run e-85 fuel?
You need to have it tuned by someone who knows how to tune for E85. Other things that are needed are injectors and fuel pump.

There's plenty of people here that are running it now and can give you more info.

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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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Still not enough for me to make the switch. Maybe if I had a garage queen =(
Sure it is Al. The Chevron gas station on Commercial is still closer to you than me and I'm gonna go forward with an E85 tune. Also with these others opening up makes it even better.
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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you can run an e85 tune with stock fueling, but you'll be missing out on alot of power up top since you hit the limits of stock fueling at around 5000rpms or so.

you'll get big torque gains early on tho compared to regular 91.
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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when the hell are they going to bring some up the peninsula? please someone buy a gas station and put some E85 pumps in, San Mateo would be a great place to start
+1000000 I was told by steve that if we request this on the e85 web page they can bring it to san mateo!! Who besides me and you would use it haha
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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Hearing that they are putting one on Capitol and another on Montague makes me want to do the change. May do it next summer if money permits. Can't wait to see what kinda power my stock bugeye will be making lol.
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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+1000000 I was told by steve that if we request this on the e85 web page they can bring it to san mateo!! Who besides me and you would use it haha
Here ya go Matt. Its a start right.
http://www.propelfuels.com/content/request_station/
If gas station owners see enough interest in E85 why wouldnt they put in pumps??
Old Jul 15, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Guillermo
Hearing that they are putting one on Capitol and another on Montague makes me want to do the change. May do it next summer if money permits. Can't wait to see what kinda power my stock bugeye will be making lol.
Dont forget their is already the Chevron on Commercial that has E85.
Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:53 AM
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Oh man, if they put one on Montague, I may have to do that turbo upgrade sooner than expected!



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