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trackbird View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 02:01 AM Post #2
FRRAX Owner/Admin Group: Admin Posts: 15,432 Joined: 13-February 04 From: Ohio Member No.: 196	It eats everything, hoses, aluminum, etc. It's very hard on stuff and you have to burn about 2 times as much of it, which sorta kills the "savings".

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severous01 running alcohol on a street car? Sep 5 2005, 01:24 AM

trackbird It eats everything, hoses, aluminum, etc. It's... Sep 5 2005, 02:01 AM

Formula WS6 i asked this question years and years ago before i... Sep 5 2005, 03:21 AM

nape QUOTE (Formula WS6 @ Sep 4 2005, 21:21)i aske... Sep 5 2005, 05:40 AM

zlexiss E85 is 85% ethanol (thus the name) There's al... Sep 5 2005, 08:17 PM

severous01 so....alcohol is a no-go in a street car? that su... Sep 5 2005, 09:06 PM

Formula WS6 dang it i had it backwards. i was thinking it was ... Sep 5 2005, 11:23 PM

gillbot http://www.e85fuel.com/index.php Sep 6 2005, 08:10 PM

severous01 i talked to a car guru buddy of mine. this is wha... Sep 7 2005, 11:25 AM

nape Not sure how much info is out there, but quite a f... Sep 8 2005, 03:51 AM

sgarnett I disagree on the O2 sensors. I'm a bit out of... Sep 8 2005, 12:28 PM

JimMueller I found this thread by a guy who says acetone will... Sep 9 2005, 12:06 AM

severous01 i'll try the mixture of 2.5oz per 13 galons in... Sep 9 2005, 04:11 PM

trackbird It was discussed here. I'm not interested in t... Sep 9 2005, 04:27 PM

severous01 well, before i was getting about 16 mpg in the hon... Sep 11 2005, 02:40 PM

severous01 just an update for ya...i ran into a problem...act... Sep 22 2005, 08:24 PM

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severous01 View Member Profile	Sep 5 2005, 01:24 AM Post #1
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 194 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Hamilton, NJ Member No.: 508	what i'm looking for is a fuel alternative, and alcohol is only at 2/gal right now. that's going to be about half the price by the end of the week. if i don't have to do much i'd like to run alcohol. there are many benefits to doing this, just a few: runs cooler, burns cleaner, doesnt detonate, cheaper...just for a few pluses. any way, what needs to be done to run alcohol? fuel filter change? pump change? timing changes? injector changes? ECM changes?