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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: bumps440]
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08/08/11 11:14 PM
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Thanks P body and Pittsburg
I have been out of racing for a few years. just getting back into it. only out about 3 times in the last 3 years.
I changed over to E-85 a few years back..... love it...
car is deadly consistent... runs cooler and its CHEAP
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: pittsburghracer]
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08/09/11 09:25 PM
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I am considering going with E85 on my street/strip SB stroker build. Haven't heard anything negative yet about running it.
There is a station a half mile from my house. I burn it in the wife's company car whenever it's my turn to fill it up.
1970 Duster 340 clone
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: bumps440]
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08/09/11 09:51 PM
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Thanks P body and Pittsburg
I have been out of racing for a few years. just getting back into it. only out about 3 times in the last 3 years.
What are you paying for race gas? It's 6.50 a gallon for 110 here, 2.70 something for E-85. I'd roughly have to go through 200 gallons of E-85 to pay for the costs of converting over the carb. That would be 5 years worth of racing. 
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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08/09/11 10:11 PM
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What are you paying for race gas? It's 6.50 a gallon for 110 here, 2.70 something for E-85. I'd roughly have to go through 200 gallons of E-85 to pay for the costs of converting over the carb. That would be 5 years worth of racing.
It really depends on how much racing you do, and how big a motor (power) you make.
I burn about 150 gallons a year and the first year (2008) I switched race gas (110) was $7/gallon and E85 was $2.29. So a carb conversion paid for itself the first year. With pump gas prices high in 2011, E85 is higher right now. Who knows about next year. But 1 or 2 years is a great payback period, and even 3 for a new carb is worth it, in my opinion.
This is my 4th year. The first year (2008) was with a carb conversion, then I bought a used Ron's Flying Toilet injection system and that paid for itself in 2 years of fuel savings. Well, actually I won so much money racing the 1st year (2009) of injection it paid for itself in a few months... LOL
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: steeldust]
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08/09/11 11:16 PM
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Hey 440 JIM and MR P BODY i see you all run E-85 i have not run it but i run Alcohol in my ROADRUNNER for 6 or 7 years and now i run it in my DUSTER i am getting a Alc 1050 made by RUPERT he made my 950 for my 572 in my car now and he made me a 1050 for my bird about 12 years ago he is one of the best did you all run Alc before you all went E-85 and are they about the same.  Sorry about cutting in here i would just like to know THANKS 
I ran 112 octane race gas before I changed to E-85
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: steeldust]
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08/09/11 11:50 PM
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MR P how much did your car pick up with E-85 pick up over 112 gas?  my car picked up around tenth & a 1/2 on Alcohol over 114 gas.
Didnt pick up at all... for the same weather it was
within thousandths
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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08/10/11 12:03 AM
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MR P how much did your car pick up with E-85 pick up over 112 gas? my car picked up around tenth & a 1/2 on Alcohol over 114 gas.
Didnt pick up at all... for the same weather it was
within thousandths
A friend run a 1050 alc and put a 1150 gas on and run the same i put a old 1050 alc on and run a little slower then my 950 alc 2 weeks ago so i hope this new 1050 will go a little faster  . THANKS
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: steeldust]
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08/10/11 12:11 AM
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MR P how much did your car pick up with E-85 pick up over 112 gas? my car picked up around tenth & a 1/2 on Alcohol over 114 gas.
Didnt pick up at all... for the same weather it was
within thousandths
A friend run a 1050 alc and put a 1150 gas on and run the same i put a old 1050 alc on and run a little slower then my 950 alc 2 weeks ago so i hope this new 1050 will go a little faster . THANKS
I dont normally run in cool weather but I did once
with the E-85 and I went 8.96 at 151... but in the
heat(even up to 90*) I run 9.06 to 9.08... in the
cool runs I thought I was on the lean side so it might
have gone quicker if I fattened it up
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Re: Racing with E -85
[Re: sshemi]
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08/10/11 07:26 AM
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you guys are whineing about your racegas price.
In Sweden low octan pump is about $8.50/gallon!!!
E-85 is around $5.80/gallon
racegas is somewhere around $21.50/gallon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I had to pay those prices for race gas I wouldnt be
racing... I changed over to E-85 because it was 2.35
a gal VS 9.00 for 112 (back when I changed over),
its 3.35 now... didnt matter if I went quicker or not
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