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Old 03-16-2011 | 11:29 PM
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id love to start runnin on e85
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Old 03-16-2011 | 11:46 PM
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Old 03-17-2011 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Lowend
I use it in my company car... new Impala runs on E85 from the factory
Any advantage in a non-turbo car though?
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Old 03-17-2011 | 08:16 AM
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^ ya about 30hp on a 2007 silverado when you use e85 and it cost much less
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Old 03-17-2011 | 09:18 AM
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Old 03-17-2011 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by PArex
Well, its a gimmick on all new American cars anyway, maybe its supposed to seem cheaper when gas prices go up

edit: for people like this, I guess
Hmm, thanks! Though, there's no FLEXFUEL badge on my Camaro..

Originally Posted by Lowend
I use it in my company car... new Impala runs on E85 from the factory
That's pretty cool, even just for the savings but if it's so much higher in octane, it will help with CA's crappy gas. 87 makes my Justy ping, and it's 9.0:1 compression. Redonkulous!

Originally Posted by apetron
There are Japanese and German cars that run flex fuel as well. Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Mercedes all have Flex Fuel vehicles.
That's cool, I had no idea.

Thanks!!
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Old 03-17-2011 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 04caliwrx
^ ya about 30hp on a 2007 silverado when you use e85 and it cost much less
Wow that's pretty sweet. Is mileage/range affected at all?
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Old 03-17-2011 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by PArex
Wow that's pretty sweet. Is mileage/range affected at all?
Thats the downfall of E85 you lose a bit of milage when compared to 87-91.

Its takes more E85 to make the same power of unleaded gas.
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Old 03-17-2011 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 04caliwrx
^ ya about 30hp on a 2007 silverado when you use e85 and it cost much less
I dont think so Matt. FlexFuel vehicles are just designed to be able to burn 2 different fuels. It wont equal to any HP gains.
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Old 03-17-2011 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by XxSti05xX
I dont think so Matt. FlexFuel vehicles are just designed to be able to burn 2 different fuels. It wont equal to any HP gains.
It will equal horsepower and torque gains because it is a higher octane. Same reason why our cars make so much more power and torque using it over 91 octane.
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Old 03-17-2011 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by apetron
It will equal horsepower and torque gains because it is a higher octane. Same reason why our cars make so much more power and torque using it over 91 octane.
But think about it, we are being tuned to use E85 to its full potential. As an alternative race fuel

Thats like saying a car meant to use 87 octane and if you put 91 your going to get a boost in HP/TQ
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Old 03-17-2011 | 02:28 PM
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Overall, E85 use cut our fuel economy to 12.3 mpg--a reduction of 16.3 percent versus unleaded (though with no noticeable effect on vehicle power or performance). But thanks to significant E85 cost savings, our loss of fuel economy was offset by a commensurate 16.7 percent reduction in fuel cost
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http://www.autoweek.com/article/2009...NEWS/912309997
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Old 03-17-2011 | 02:37 PM
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Any news when SF is getting an E85 station ?
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Old 03-17-2011 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Smiley_Face
Any news when SF is getting an E85 station ?
Check Propel's website. You can always contact them and see if they have any plans in the works about opening a station up in the City.

http://www.propelfuels.com/content/
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Old 03-17-2011 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by XxSti05xX
I dont think so Matt. FlexFuel vehicles are just designed to be able to burn 2 different fuels. It wont equal to any HP gains.
not true steve, go to chevy.com and look at the silverado hd, under performance it says that with e85 the power ddifference is about 40hp bue do the better gas
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