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Old 07-14-2012, 08:20 PM   #57 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
50/50 or weaker blends in either vehicle are basically indistinguishable from regular in both power and mpgs (except for my usual caveat that, if you have -40F temps, leave the ethanol out).
Thanks guys. I'm down to half a tank. I will probably top off with RUG and continue to run that mix for the rest of the summer. I store this vehicle in the winter and ethanol separates in as little as 30 days I am told.
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Any time I mention online that I run E85 in a not-factory-E85 car - and a few times while filling my tank - somebody dooms and glooms me about the dangers of ethanol.
This happened the first time I tried a partial blend. A 20 something guy with a turbo Subaru WRX filling his car with E85 assured me my valves would melt down and my pistons would be ruined too. It has been over a year and other than the power loss with the higher blend, everything is fine.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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