E85 thoughts??
 

Been throwing all kinds of ideas around....might be looking to E85 this winter for the Hemi.....

What do you guys think? Anyone tune for E85?

I've been following your conversation with Shawn on FB. He seems to love how much power he's making (10 second street car, holy hell!!!). Its also hella cheap, I think his pic showed $3.09/gallon right now? My only concern is with deterioration of engine parts and, as un-cool as this is, mileage using it. I would be willing to move to custom tuning and whatever else is necessary as long as I can get the power but still retain reasonable mileage since I drive 40+ miles daily.

The idea is to not have to spend over three tines the price of race gas for 15-20% more mileage. If i go E85 i will probably buy a beater first. All the fast hemi cars run E85.....but at that point mileage doesnt mean much

Are you gonna spray big or go boosted?

Either or....I will probably do nitrous first and then save for Whipple or Kenne Bell

It's a straight plug boot. I'll get some pictures later tonight

I thought about trying E85 too, but I don't think it makes economical sense on the street if the engine is factory. If I was running 11:1 CR, it might be worth the effort. I was guessing that someone could write a Predator tune for it also...

Ford did some testing with one of their 4-cyl setups, but they were also using a turbo and analyzing the results...

I do know several folks run E85 instead of racing fuel. 105 octane at that price is pretty good...

I will end up with probably a 10.4 CR long block next winter with good heads and a cam, so E85 will probably be the easiest way to go so I can drive it and not have to swap tunes for better gas. Only thing that really needs swapping to run E-85 is the fuel system....pump, and lines mostly.