LT-1 on E85?

[Phantom409]

correct jeff e85 requires like 20% more fuel the reg gas

if i get my own software im gonna do 2 tunes since the closest e85 is 15 miles away

I stand corected!

[Virtue]

Like on some snowmobiles! that would be cool but i think you would have to have two pcms and it would be to hard to do in a street car. you would lose all your adaptive strategy also so it would drive like crap every time you switched

no you dont need 2 pcms....

its a simple load of a preprogrammed file, idk how it would run like crap either

e85 is 105

which isnt bad i believe i saw 110 for 6.50 the other day

[my95z28]

would you have to run your tank COMPLETLY out before you switched fuels?

[Transamsfast]

Russ, when we get out tuning strategy down im in the same boat. Im doing 2 files, E85 and 93 octane. but no, your tank wouldnt have to be "empty" but a good portion down to benefit the most from each tune. our gas already has 10% ethanol in it....
iv heard 15-20% more fuel is used with E85(depending on tune) just like regular gas. but the cost outway itself right now..
3.30 a gallon(E85) vs 4.30 a gallon(93)
and gas is rising and hope E85 stays around the same price range.

[MP81]

Or you can run two tanks...

[Virtue]

Or you can run two tanks...

stupidest thing ive heard all day

we dont drive 3500 trucks

weres the room?

[MP81]

Well, I've seen it done on other cars...

There's ALWAYS room.

[bobfist]

e85 at every gasstation here in sweden, someimes just e85 and no regular gasoline , strange that usa dont have this

[Transamsfast]

Or you can run two tanks...

WTF..... i dont drive a van with dual 30 gallon tanks and a switch to go tank to tank....

[MP81]

It's not like the secondary one is huge or something.

Like 5 gallons.

[my95z28]

It's not like the secondary one is huge or something.

Like 5 gallons.

yeah it doesn't have to be to full sized tanks, just put two seven gallon fuel cells where the 15 gallon usually goes. Only problem is filling, could put a butterfly valve like on cutouts to switch which tank it fills while still having one filler neck.

[Transamsfast]

so i can go 50-75 miles... plus a fuel pump nooo!

It's not like the secondary one is huge or something.

Like 5 gallons.

[Transamsfast]

P.S. there is no room for a 5 gallon tank external in our cars. and my interior i do not want a fuel cell in.

[ajaciuk]

You guys might want to reconsider, you would need more than a new tune.

E-85 ethanol is used in engines modified to accept higher concentrations of ethanol. Such flexible-fuel vehicles (FFV) are designed to run on any mixture of gasoline or ethanol with up to 85% ethanol by volume. There are a few major differences between FFVs and non-FFVs. One is the elimination of bare magnesium, aluminum, and rubber parts in the fuel system. Another is that fuel pumps must be capable of operating with electrically conductive ethanol instead of non-conducting dielectric gasoline fuel. Fuel injection control systems have a wider range of pulse widths to inject approximately 40% more fuel. Stainless steel fuel lines, sometimes lined with plastic, and stainless steel fuel tanks in place of terne fuel tanks are used. In some cases, FFVs use acid-neutralizing motor oil. For vehicles with fuel-tank mounted fuel pumps, additional differences to prevent arcing, as well as flame arrestors positioned in the tank's fill pipe, are also sometimes used.

[lozanoa11]

well i thought every thing you just said was assumed or else i would have said something yea alot of things have to be changed to convert. yes you could run with the stuff you have now but it would eventuly corrode out