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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: sam64]
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03/28/13 11:30 AM
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I'm lucky enough to be far enough south that the blend never changes here. I bought a e85 Quickfuel 1050 4500 at the beginning of last season. I switch it back and fourth between my small block Dart and big block Challenger. I have figured out the jetting for both and will just pull it off one car and rejet it and put it on the other car. I won the Footbrake Championship at one of the toughest tracks to win at on e85 last year. I race multiple classes every weekend and was going through four barrels of 110 a season. I don't use much more e85 than I did of 110. I love the stuff! I've had one motor apart that has run on it and everything looked great inside it. It can get a little stubborn to start in cold weather but once you get some heat in the motor it will start like normal from then on.
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: Jacob Pitt]
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03/28/13 11:40 AM
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MR_P_BODY
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I was filling 2 drums of e-85 towards the end of the racing season (still the e-85 blend) to use in the spring time if I was going out early... around here it would drop down to e-70 during the winter months... I had QF set up my dom and it was perfect on idle but I did jet up 2 jet sizes for the wot... its much more consistent than the 110 fuel I was burning... in 1.5 years it payed for itself just in fuel cost... not adding in the wins EDIT I test every time before I buy it... I buy from Meijer and would ask someone in line for the last little bit in the nozzle to fill my tester... most were curious to see what I was doing and would wait for the answer 
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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03/28/13 12:45 PM
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I was filling 2 drums of e-85 towards the end of the
racing season (still the e-85 blend) to use in the spring
time if I was going out early... around here it would
drop down to e-70 during the winter months... I had
QF set up my dom and it was perfect on idle but I did
jet up 2 jet sizes for the wot... its much more consistent
than the 110 fuel I was burning... in 1.5 years it
payed for itself just in fuel cost... not adding
in the wins
EDIT
I test every time before I buy it... I buy from Meijer
and would ask someone in line for the last little
bit in the nozzle to fill my tester... most were
curious to see what I was doing and would wait for
the answer
Mike,if you find the blend off,what do you do? Just not buy it at that time? Or do you have some way to fix it? Sorry for the dumb question but I have no experience with this and I have been thinking about making the switch.
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: tboomer]
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03/28/13 12:47 PM
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Can this be stored in a 55 gallon plastic drum? 
It should be stored in steel drums if your keeping it
for any length of time... plastic drums will permeate
which will kill any fuel.... unless the plastic drum
has a permeation barrier(which you can see along the
opening.. a different color plastic molded to the
other plastic)
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: sam64]
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03/28/13 12:58 PM
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after jacking with a qf kit I ordered a carb from eric at horsepower innovations and it has worked very good for 2 years now.
Sam...What trouble did you have? I have a nice 1150 dominator that I want to convert..Don't have enough scrap metal to haul in to get a new one!!  I think a Q/F dommy is around 1100.00?
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: tboomer]
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03/28/13 01:11 PM
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From our region I'd buy a E85 tester Ted. Cost's like $20, but you'll know the E rating. There is a difference between summer and winter blends up here.
Jerry Williams.
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: hemidup]
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03/28/13 01:26 PM
03/28/13 01:26 PM
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dizuster
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I also have a carb from Eric at Horsepower innovation. Some of the best customer service I've ever had, I promote his stuff any chance I can get. http://www.horsepowerinnovations.com/concrete/I love the stuff so far in my turbo car. Cheap race gas that will take a beating. That being said... I have had some issues with the fuel. I let my car sit for about 3 months after it came off the chassis dyno, while I was finishing up some other wiring/interior/roll bar stuff. When I went to start it up, the car ran terrible. I pulled the carb apart and it had really "goo'd up" inside. I had to send it back to Eric for him to completely go back through it. I'm not quite sure why it happened, because there are certainly lots of guys who don't do any maintanence with the fuel. I honestly believe them, but from seeing it with my own eyes, it can have issues. I was just more careful this year when I put the car away for the winter. I just ran 93 octane through it so I didn't have to worry about it.
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: dizuster]
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03/28/13 01:46 PM
03/28/13 01:46 PM
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I also have a carb from Eric at Horsepower innovation. Some of the best customer service I've ever had, I promote his stuff any chance I can get.
http://www.horsepowerinnovations.com/concrete/
I love the stuff so far in my turbo car. Cheap race gas that will take a beating.
That being said... I have had some issues with the fuel. I let my car sit for about 3 months after it came off the chassis dyno, while I was finishing up some other wiring/interior/roll bar stuff.
When I went to start it up, the car ran terrible. I pulled the carb apart and it had really "goo'd up" inside. I had to send it back to Eric for him to completely go back through it.
I'm not quite sure why it happened, because there are certainly lots of guys who don't do any maintanence with the fuel. I honestly believe them, but from seeing it with my own eyes, it can have issues.
I was just more careful this year when I put the car away for the winter. I just ran 93 octane through it so I didn't have to worry about it.
I cant remember if you had the stock tank on it or a
new one but if it was old the fuel that was used in it for years
would have left residue and that would have lifted
and got up front
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: tboomer]
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03/28/13 06:47 PM
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I like the stuff, but I've seen/learned a few things
A) a vacuum pump helps get the water vapor out and oil looks good longer.
b)I need to take my carb apart more often and clean, have had a few rust/corrosion issues(pump springs, steel button on the pump dia.,white fuzz/goop) now I pull it apart every few months. A little lite oil on the block gasket to main body helps that area to stay nice.
C)It takes longer to build heat in the engine warm it up early in the lanes, and don't go to the line cold. Sure is nice when you are hot lapping in hot weather.
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: sam64]
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03/28/13 08:23 PM
03/28/13 08:23 PM
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had a really bad dead spot I coulndn't get rid of,and seemed lean no matter what I did. 
what kind of ignition? i had the same problem coming off the 2 step.
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Re: The official E-85 thread
[Re: Just-a-dart]
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03/28/13 08:30 PM
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I like the stuff, but I've seen/learned a few things
A) a vacuum pump helps get the water vapor out and oil looks good longer.
b)I need to take my carb apart more often and clean, have had a few rust/corrosion issues(pump springs, steel button on the pump dia.,white fuzz/goop) now I pull it apart every few months. A little lite oil on the block gasket to main body helps that area to stay nice.
C)It takes longer to build heat in the engine warm it up early in the lanes, and don't go to the line cold. Sure is nice when you are hot lapping in hot weather.
I found if the car will set longer than a week...
drain the fuel and run some gas for a minute to get
it in the engine... saves from alot of crap in the carb,
mainly the water corrosion on anything thats not plated
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Biggest thing is to buy a tester. Not that I use one alot but up here in N.Y. you have summer blend and winter blend can be E75 or E85. I try to buy E85 late in the fall and thats just before they get the new stuff and store it for early season. 
