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Old 07-07-2008, 12:30 PM   #21
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I was out in Colorado a few years ago and they were selling 85 octane gas as regular... who the fuck uses 85 octane?
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Old 07-07-2008, 12:52 PM   #22
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I was out in Colorado a few years ago and they were selling 85 octane gas as regular... who the fuck uses 85 octane?
Its called E85 or flex fuel IIRC.
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Old 07-07-2008, 12:57 PM   #23
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Its called E85 or flex fuel IIRC.
I thought E85 was 85 percent ethanol.
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Old 07-07-2008, 12:59 PM   #24
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I thought E85 was 85 percent ethanol.
I dont use it.
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Old 07-07-2008, 01:11 PM   #25
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Living here in the Midwest I see the E85 fuel at alot of gas stations... Now this trip to Co was maybe 3 or 4 years ago, so my memory maybe a little foggy but i dont remember this 85 octane as E85.. Maybe No Worries can fill me in.. he lives out there
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Actually I just did some reading and 85 octane is for high altitude applications(Denver). E85 is actually 100-105 octane... You learn something new everyday.
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Living here in the Midwest I see the E85 fuel at alot of gas stations... Now this trip to Co was maybe 3 or 4 years ago, so my memory maybe a little foggy but i dont remember this 85 octane as E85.. Maybe No Worries can fill me in.. he lives out there
Tell me about it. The county I live in is the Ethanol capital of the world or something like that. We have a huge ass E85 plant, I just don't know what the hell it is.
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Old 07-07-2008, 01:26 PM   #28
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I guess because of the thinner air, you can use a lower octane? interesting....


regular unleaded is 4.17 a gallon here. but that E85 shit is 2.99..... kinda makes me wish i would have got a truck that could burn that shit.
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I guess because of the thinner air, you can use a lower octane? interesting....
Yes because the air is thinner it decreases the overall compression ratio in the engine.
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Old 07-07-2008, 03:16 PM   #30
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if your truck is relatively new, maybe you can use e85, without much hassle. i know alota hotrod guys said they had to change their tune up alil-its higher octane, but its also ethanol. check it out....
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