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Originally Posted by synolimit No matter what degree of peak timing a motor starts to knock, you still have to pull back some no matter the fuel. A motor knocking

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Old 06-18-2014, 10:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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No matter what degree of peak timing a motor starts to knock, you still have to pull back some no matter the fuel. A motor knocking at 25* is much safer to run 20* where a e85 motor is in more danger to run 29* where it knocks at 30*. Fuel doesn't matter if you're running on the ragged edge. E85 is only as good as the tune. E85 still costs more, can eat your rubber lines and seals if not vitron or ethanol compatible and produces more harmful ozone.
Seriously bud where are you coming from? Your over on the other thread saying how you want to switch to e85 on an na application then your here dogging it.

Op... Its a way to make more power safely. Its cheaper and readily available race gas. Thats it.

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Seriously bud where are you coming from? Your over on the other thread saying how you want to switch to e85 on an na application then your here dogging it.

Op... Its a way to make more power safely. Its cheaper and readily available race gas. Thats it.

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I said over there I'd run e85 only as needed. Only at the track. Not sure if you saw that or not.

It's not cheaper. Saving a few cents per gallon doesn't make up the 30% faster burn rate. It's no where near cheaper!!
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I said over there I'd run e85 only as needed. Only at the track. Not sure if you saw that or not.

It's not cheaper. Saving a few cents per gallon doesn't make up the 30% faster burn rate. It's no where near cheaper!!

You also said "Id be scared to use E85 as a power adder". Now you want to run it on the track.

Again where the hell are you coming from? I said it was cheap RACE GAS. So "a few cents per gallon"? Please show me where I can get race gas for $2.89.

Nobody runs E85 for its amazing cost saving benefits. We run it because its race gas for 1/3 the price.

Ask yourself why they make race gas.

Would anybody not want to run race gas if you could all the time?
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You also said "Id be scared to use E85 as a power adder". Now you want to run it on the track.

Again where the hell are you coming from? I said it was cheap RACE GAS. So "a few cents per gallon"? Please show me where I can get race gas for $2.89.

Nobody runs E85 for its amazing cost saving benefits. We run it because its race gas for 1/3 the price.

Ask yourself why they make race gas.

Would anybody not want to run race gas if you could all the time?
If you're going to quote me do it right. You left off the important part. I said scared because it changes THROUGH THE YEAR!!. I don't run at the track in December with a foot of snow, do you??? Plus even in summer it may not be e85, more like e80-75-70 etc. like my friends before a fill up I'll check the etoh content. If its low ill retune before a track day and not just blindly put it in like a dumb *** and go.

Lol I think VP racing fuel would disagree with you there. And I know why they run RACE gas! Its 100% controlled and perfect everytime and not some different street gas that's always changing and never the same from the multitude of companies that produce it. You thinking its race gas and used as such is like me saying I run a re11, rs3, z1 yok, etc etc on different wheels at different times and it doesn't matter because they're all "race tires."
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That's why you tune off of E70 then you can only get better quality from there on up. I agree that the fact they differ the content can be a pain.

However, E85 has only been proven to be a far superior fuel to run vs. pump gas by every tuner in the world. You talk about subi guys all the time. Well subi guys love this stuff for a reason. They all are boosted.

Why do you think there are guys that drive 50 miles out of there way with two 5 gallon tanks in their hatch just to run this stuff?

This shouldn't be a "should I run it" discussion. It should be a " Am I boosted and do I have availability"? Then its a no brainer.
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