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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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Running Ethanol

How does this work? ive heard of people running 50% ethanol...we just got an ethanol pump in out town and im interested in trying this stuff out! what do i need, a tune made specifacally for ethanol? or can i just run it with the mods in my sig? Thanks!!
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 01:16 PM
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need to be tuned for it man....
people usually run a mix of e85 and 91oct

but vince from trifecta performance almost has 100% e85 tune avaliable!
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 09:48 PM
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Definitely need to be tuned for it. Lots of ethanol blend threads if you search.
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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You can run E10 without a tune, I don't know if you guys have the stuff in the States but here in Canada we have a few pumps that Sell 94 Octace E10 for the same price as 91 Octane at other gas stations.
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 08:16 PM
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Every gas station in the US midwest now sells E10. In fact, here in Kansas they don't sell straight gasoline anymore. But, we're talking about higher ethanol blends like E30 or E47 (50-50).
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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by batboy
Every gas station in the US midwest now sells E10. In fact, here in Kansas they don't sell straight gasoline anymore.
Lol oops my bad, here in Canada it's opposite for us the vast majority of gas stations don't sell blended ethanol gas.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 10:16 PM
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whats E10? i can run that with no tune? is it more beneficial than 91 octane?
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 10:21 PM
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read this thread

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l...puzzle-243822/
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by NDCOBALTSS
whats E10? i can run that with no tune? is it more beneficial than 91 octane?
E10 in our area is just the standard gas at most pumps and is rated at 90 octane.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by NDCOBALTSS
How does this work? ive heard of people running 50% ethanol...we just got an ethanol pump in out town and im interested in trying this stuff out! what do i need, a tune made specifacally for ethanol? or can i just run it with the mods in my sig? Thanks!!
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l...ml#post5670000
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by tom.g
You can run E10 without a tune, I don't know if you guys have the stuff in the States but here in Canada we have a few pumps that Sell 94 Octace E10 for the same price as 91 Octane at other gas stations.
You pretty much can't buy non-blended gas in the US anymore.

Originally Posted by NDCOBALTSS
whats E10? i can run that with no tune? is it more beneficial than 91 octane?
E10 is just standard gas. Most production cars are programmed to handle a small amount of Ethanol mixed fuel. I think the standard limit is 15% Ethanol, but I could be wrong.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by alleycat58
You pretty much can't buy non-blended gas in the US anymore.



E10 is just standard gas. Most production cars are programmed to handle a small amount of Ethanol mixed fuel. I think the standard limit is 15% Ethanol, but I could be wrong.
You are correct.

The gas station I purchase my CAM2 from also sells non-ethanol blended fuels. Nice feature for some of the older cars out there.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:10 AM
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I also have Full E85 tunes working on mostly stock cars now. I almost have it for full bolted cars as well, Im VERY close. I only have 500rpm of issue currently and I think today I will have it cured
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Staged07SS
You are correct.

The gas station I purchase my CAM2 from also sells non-ethanol blended fuels. Nice feature for some of the older cars out there.
Yeah, they exist, but they're SO rare. A lot of my friends have old modded V-dubs and Audis that they race, and older VAG cars especially do not like blended gasoline. There are websites out there dedicated to finding stations that sell ethanol-free fuel.
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