E85 gas?
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Road Master
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From: Illinois
E85 gas?
Someone at work was talking about it saying a few modifications and it is worth it? Belongs to a car club with hi compression motors and supposedly the cure all for the ping??
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Eventually the MoCo will make a kit, or factory bikes, that will use it. Wont do it now, and if you did your HP would drop quite a bit. The stuff is high octane, but without raising your compression to take advantage of it, the slower burn will actually reduce power. And it is less energy dense than gas (fewer carbon bonds to break) and will cut your mileage 10% too. But I gotta pee before my 190 miles are up anyway, so thats not a problem.
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Road Master
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From: Illinois
LOL!
Me too!
http://www.flexfuelkit.com.au/articl...nol/Page1.html
Was just currious....here is some info the guy passed on.
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I believe that if you check your owners manual, you'll find some very specific warnings about what ethanol in excess of 10% mixed with gas will do to your engine, and it sounds like you won't be happy with the results. I go 20 mile sout of my way to buy real gas, with no ethanol. Better gas mileage, better running bike, runs cooler, etc. Ethanol is not good for an internal combusion engine that was not designed specifically to use it, in concentrations higher than 10%.
It is not high octane. First, do you understand what octane actually is? Second, E85 gas has more alcohol than anything, so how could it be high octane?
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Actually Straight Ethanol does have a higher octane rating than gasoline but once its mixed in with gasoline they end up back at the same octane as before.
Ethanol WILL lower your gas mileage. Ethanol also eats plastic and rubber so you start having problems with your fuel lines getting leaks, rubber o-rings deteriating, etc... Thats why they make special carbs for cars running ethanol
One other thing. I thought all gas stations in all states ran a percentage of ethanol in the gasoline? I know all of them do in DFW Texas. So around here its not a choice its the way it is.
Ethanol WILL lower your gas mileage. Ethanol also eats plastic and rubber so you start having problems with your fuel lines getting leaks, rubber o-rings deteriating, etc... Thats why they make special carbs for cars running ethanol
One other thing. I thought all gas stations in all states ran a percentage of ethanol in the gasoline? I know all of them do in DFW Texas. So around here its not a choice its the way it is.
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Gas stations are allowed to put up to 9.99% ethanol in gas and still call it alcohol free. If it goes to 10%, it has to be labeled 10% ethanol.
Amacco used to be the only station I knew of that sold straight gas. I am not even sure if they do anymore. Does anyone know for sure what brand of gas, if any, has no ethanol?
Dennis
Amacco used to be the only station I knew of that sold straight gas. I am not even sure if they do anymore. Does anyone know for sure what brand of gas, if any, has no ethanol?
Dennis