Re: E85 USE
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#2521568
07/13/18 07:23 PM
07/13/18 07:23 PM
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need screen style fuel filter...paper will dissolve
Tony
70 AARCuda Vitamin C 71 Dart Swinger 360 10.318 @ 128.22(10-04-14 Bakersfield) 71 Demon 360 10.666 @122.41 (01-29-17 @ Las Vegas) 71 Duster 408 (10.29 @ 127.86 3/16/19 Las Vegas)
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Re: E85 USE
[Re: A/MP]
#2521605
07/13/18 08:54 PM
07/13/18 08:54 PM
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Just-a-dart
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Make sure your Fuel system can handle the 25%+ in volume.
It starts a little sluggish in cool weather.
You need to be ABLE to tell your friends that have never ran it and think it is from the Devil to shut up and learn.
When the tune up is right spark plugs last a long time. Fuel burns clean
You MAY have to do more carb maint. because the fuel can adsorb moisture from the air.
Engine runs cooler and should be more consistent and have a bigger tuning window where it is happy.
"Just a Bracket car dressed up like a streetcar"
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Re: E85 USE
[Re: A/MP]
#2521639
07/13/18 09:59 PM
07/13/18 09:59 PM
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Re: E85 USE
[Re: A/MP]
#2521655
07/13/18 10:42 PM
07/13/18 10:42 PM
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30+ years ago I had an altered than ran on methanol. We ran and upper cylinder oil with the methanol. Same deal with e85? Very frequent oil changes? The guys that say this don’t know what they are talking about. Learn the secrets and straight alcohol is a breeze and a blessing. 165.00 a barrel, never having to cool down an engine, less battery drain, and more consistent. I make a pass and turn off my fan an water pump and open the lean out valve. Drive it back to the pits and wait till next round. Get heat in them and you will never have a moisture issue. I myself wouldn’t run E85 unless it was a street car too and I don’t have that issue.
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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Re: E85 USE
[Re: A/MP]
#2521668
07/13/18 11:40 PM
07/13/18 11:40 PM
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Do you need to get a bigger carb or stay with the same cfm as gas carb? I took my 800 pump gas Holley off my engine and APD switched it over to alcohol for me
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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Re: E85 USE
[Re: A/MP]
#2521834
07/14/18 02:58 PM
07/14/18 02:58 PM
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Cab_Burge
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I've used pump E85 for over 5 ears now in my S/P car with a AJ modified and prepped carb., the first batch was winter mixed and tested to be E75 which required jetting down 3 let sizes to get the most power and torque on a DTS engine dyno All the other pump E85 I have bought since then has tested to be E85 out of the pump I use plastic 5.5 gallon fuel jugs and when they sit in the winter full to half full the fuel in the trailer they will test in the spring to be E87 to E89 I bought around 16 gallons three weeks ago for $3.10 a gallon I was told that the gasoline evaporates out of those jugs making the alcohol content denser As far as consistency run to run from early morning to late afternoon at the track I love it
Last edited by Cab_Burge; 07/14/18 03:01 PM.
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: E85 USE
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07/14/18 04:32 PM
07/14/18 04:32 PM
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I use VP C85 instead of pump, and love it.
Most of the problems with pump 85 have been solved using the C85.
Has lube, and corrosion inhibitors in it, draws less water, and is consistently blended. Only down side is it's twice the cost of pump, but half the cost of a good race fuel.
Typically I burn less than a half gallon per pass accounting for warm up, and to and from the lines in total for the day. was there any difference in performance using vp c85 over pump e-85?
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Re: E85 USE
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#2521986
07/15/18 12:41 AM
07/15/18 12:41 AM
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I’m on my second year of using it and love it. It has proven to be more consistent than race gas for me at a fraction of the cost. Get a good carb by someone that knows what they are doing and make sure your fuel supply system is up to the increased demand. I even let the fuel sit in my metal fuel tank over winter with zero rust or corrosion issues. Just added a little Lucas E85 stabilizer and all is well. I have not noticed any oil dilution either. Just make sure if you start the engine, always let it get over 170* before you kill it to vaporize the fuel. Takes a little getting used to, but is worth it in my opinion.
392 gen III hemi on E-85 727 trans Dana 60 10.02@134
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