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Old 10-13-2011, 10:55 PM   #24 (permalink)
Allch Chcar
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
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.
The Regal is the first car that is GDI and FFV, but I haven't seen MPG for it yet. The Focus FFV is another possible example but it's not available in FFV yet. Infact I believe that was just a rumor... dangit Ford!

I found a couple guys running E85 in their new Buick turboes. They're getting pretty poor gas mileage on premium though. http://www.buickforums.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=21293
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