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Old 12-30-2010, 07:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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aspire on e85

what mods do i need to do to run e85?


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Old 01-01-2011, 12:09 PM   #2 (permalink)
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well are you driving an aspire if so what year ive seen cars fill up with e85 and just die like they are out of fuel. some of the newer cars like 07 08 yrs have a sensor to tell the car to compensate
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:23 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:42 PM   #4 (permalink)
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To run E85 the car needs a hardened fuel system, i.e Gas tank to injectors. Check the manual, if it does not say you can- DON'T! You would not get as good mileage anyway on E85.

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Old 01-01-2011, 08:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Right, and the reason why you get worse mileage with E85 is because there is less energy per gallon of fuel than there is with gasoline. Conversely, this is the primary reason why diesel's do better than gasoline, because diesel packs MORE btu's per gallon.
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Old 01-01-2011, 08:22 PM   #6 (permalink)
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