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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 08:59 PM
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Yea not sure on the seals. I went ahead and did it anyway, it is now soaking. We have a holding plant 1.5 hours away and they have E99 so I am buying 2 55 gallon drums to mix my own e85 with 93 instead of 87 like the pump. The issue with pump e85 is unless you keep testing it for ethanol content and constantly adjust the tune then you are setting your self up for a broken motor.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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but cant your e85 tune have a safe range............so it's not too aggressive? and your engine be safe if there's a fluctuation in the consistency of your e85?
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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I am sure it can, but I am going for something most will not do, I want to be able to have all my power on tap at all times, so I will have one tune that is ***** out and be able to adjust the boost up or down for the reliability portion of things. Like 23 psi or so and over 30 psi.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by cmiller8006
I am sure it can, but I am going for something most will not do, I want to be able to have all my power on tap at all times, so I will have one tune that is ***** out and be able to adjust the boost up or down for the reliability portion of things. Like 23 psi or so and over 30 psi.
gotcha bro! I like how you think, I wish I can do the same.

But I just dont think my wife will let me have a couple of 55 gallon drums in our house....and let me keep mixing gas ....lol
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Old May 20, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cmiller8006
Yea not sure on the seals. I went ahead and did it anyway, it is now soaking. We have a holding plant 1.5 hours away and they have E99 so I am buying 2 55 gallon drums to mix my own e85 with 93 instead of 87 like the pump. The issue with pump e85 is unless you keep testing it for ethanol content and constantly adjust the tune then you are setting your self up for a broken motor.
Out of curiosity, where are you this e99? I may be in dire need of e in the near future and the only.stations that have it are 20 mi away in either direction.
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Old May 22, 2012 | 09:27 PM
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Meth, get in car, drive 5 miles away. E85, hop in car, drive to bus stop, take bus to airport, take airplane to the US 1500 miles away. Not a hard decision.

You have to test your E85 to make sure that you won't go bang while running it. A good meth system will be able to test itself, and include failsafes to change the car's computer. When i get back stateside, I know that will be living in a place with an E85 pump only 10 miles away, but will often be going to a place that only has E85 for military vehicles. So I can swap maps everytime I go there, or just install an HFS-4 and refill it when it tells me to.

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Old May 22, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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Simple: Have E85, use it. If not, use methanol
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