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Old 10-13-2011, 08:36 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by trooper Tdiesel View Post
an engine made for 93 octane and e85 would be a much better set up

making one that runs on 87 and E85 makes no real since. it runs like poooo on E85 in regards to MPGs

ive thought about it but haven't, since i have diesel and beat the gas by-far.
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Actually many modern cars have the same compression ratio on non-performance setups that older cars did that required Hi-test to operate.

Supposedly GDI gasoline direct injection was supposed to allow us to run the higher compression rations needed by ethanol while still being able to run equally efficient on gasoline, interesting how that hasn't panned out.
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