50/50 E-85 and 92 octane

[95talonracer]

Can you run half and half e-85 and 92 in our dsm's with no damage or is this a dumb thing to be asking?

[niterydr]

If you tune for it, sure.

[blageo23]

Also E-85 is 85% ethanol and that can corrode you Fuel lines and stuff. Thats why the new flex fuel cars have SS fuel lines and other fuel components. But If you run a mix I shouldnt be as bad.

[desolate]

My buddy has ran a full years worth of E-85 on his dsm. The car has no corrosion side effects yet.

[EclipseGST]

EvilEvo (Tim) is running E85 in his Evo. He was in the process of switching between the FMIC to a water to air intercooler, decided screw the intercooler all together and run methanol. Well we found some "issues" to running straight meth right away. Our biggest issue was the fuel rail needing to be annodized but we just found out the A-1000 isnt meth compatable. So he decided to run a intake pipe from the turbo to the intake manifold without any intercooler just to see how the car would run. Put some E85 in it and it pulls like a raped ape at 20psi. Seeing well over 250+ degree intake temps he still sees no knock. :D Besides the shit smelling weird coming out of the exhaust, its actually really cool. Amazing that you can go to the pump, pay $2.19 a gal and turn around and race the damn car on it. To add to that, if you had a FMIC, I wouldnt see why you couldnt run 30psi on the street with it. I think I'll have to try it to see how it works. 30psi on pumpgas... Mmmmm.

[Halon]

I mix 50/50 in my Daily Driver Galant

[CDeutsch]

Filled the Talon up with 100% E85 this weekend. So far so good. It definitely helped with the knock.

I'm using a PLX 300 wideband with the narrow band output being fed into the ECU. Adjusted the global fuel with DSMLink and it ran fine. Well as fine as it can with 1600cc injectors which so far I haven't been able to get the O2's to cycle on. I'm running a supra fuel pump, stock fuel lines, and an OEM 1G fuel rail with Buschur AFPR. We'll see how they hold up. I may replace the fuel filter soon, but other then that I don't plan to upgrade any other parts.

[Kracka]

I mix 50/50 in my Daily Driver Galant
WTF?

[Halon]

Savin me some money nog!

[Kracka]

Savin me some money nog!
I suppose it does, but I can't imagine this is helping your engine's life any. Also, with the falling gas prices I question whether it actually is saving you money once you factor in the lower MPG of the E85 compared to gasoline. If its working and you are happy then more power to you, but I wouldn't risk it. You are running 47.5% ethanol and your engine, components, and ECU was specifically designed for no more than 10%.