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Old 04-17-2010, 10:37 PM   #70 (permalink)
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The Metro would absolutely hate E85 then. My dad has a carbed motorcycle that hardly ran on ethanol, I'm sure for much the same reasons it wouldn't run in the metro. The MFI would have finer fuel control and would sense something was up at the O2 sensor and compensate. I think for a carbed engine (or a TBFI) it would require drastic mods to run well on ethanol, or a heavy on the liquor blend.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.