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Old 07-10-2015, 01:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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There are several changes made to engines that run E85, but pretty much any gasoline engine CAN run it. It just doesn't run it as efficiently as an engine designed for E85.

E85 engines have:
- increased compression with compression ratios in the mid to high teens
- have different ignition timing
- larger injectors
- run at a different air/fuel ratio than gasoline

Those are only some of the differences.
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