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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
Take your pick:
E85 is great for POWER
E0 is great for ECONOMY
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Depends on where you live and what the prices are though. The $/BTU in California for E85 is horrible but if you blend E85 with 87 octane gasoline you can get effectively 91 octane gasoline for less $/BTU than buying 91 straight up. Some cars run better on 93 than 91, and you can't get 93 in California, so E85 is a great way to blend your gas up.
However I hear in the Midwest, there are places that sell E85 cheap enough that you would save money running E85 instead of gasoline.
I agree though, the best way to think of E85 right now is a very cheap race fuel rather than a gasoline substitute.