[BaadAssGremlins] Re: E85 question

["Al" <acrittersr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pax,
  Although alcohol, whether it be corn based or wood based is a cool 
burning fuel. It offers many benefits for a race car, but used alone 
without blending with gasoline, offers too many drawbacks to be used 
in a daily driver. To remove the same amount of BTU's as gasoline, 
you need twice as much. In plain terms, a car that gets 10MPG for 
instance will now get 5MPG with alcohol. And yes you are correct 
about eating everything in sight, alcohol is very corrosive, not to 
mention the problems with rubber......



> ok, this is kooky, i know, but i'm curious.  has
> anyone here used E85 (ethanol) in either a modern
> flexible fuel vehicle, or attempted to use it with
> their old 70's carborated car?
> 
> i'm in illinois where E85 is a new big thing and
> there's talk of removing the taxes on it (to help the
> farmers, yada yada).  it's available at many of my
> local gas stations and is a lot cheaper than gas. 
> according to my trusted mechanic and my chemist
> husband, converting my 78 gremlin to a flexible-fuel
> vehicle won't involve much more than installing larger
> jets in my carb.  my gas milage will go down, but the
> cost to get from point a to point b will be
> considerably less. 
> 
> but really, what are the bugs in this system?  from
> what i understand, E85 eats rubber hoses for breakfast
> and gaskets for dinner.
> 
> if my car wasn't already a trusty daily driver, i'd
> just go ahead and do it out of curiousity. 
> 
> pax
> 
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