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Thor06
11-19-2006, 02:35 PM
Yeah, thats why my buddies professors said too. I wouldnt worry about it at all. How lean can you go on E85?
Super Bleeder!!
11-19-2006, 02:37 PM
Yea, eff that coating business. If some X number of years down the road your shit looks questionable, just get a new fuel rail!
TalonFiero
11-19-2006, 03:44 PM
The best part of running e85 is having the freedom to run high boost at all times. Who really can afford to run race gas daily?
CVD
11-19-2006, 04:21 PM
This is sounding tempting...for the colt. 60/40 eh?
Halon
11-19-2006, 04:42 PM
I'm looking to do this for next season. I'm looking at the FIC 1150 injectors, keeping the stock fuel lines, and the 255hp pump on my 50 trim setup. If the 255 get's maxed out, I'll probably be going with that Bosch 044 pump.

I remember this being discussed a long time ago, but does anyone ground their fuel pump or anything when running e85 since it apparently is a conductor of electricity?
FattyBoomBatty
11-19-2006, 05:12 PM
Gasoline conducts electricity. Should we ground the pump now? Gasoline burns easier than e85, so I would guess that you are safer with e85 uner most conditions.

So, as long as I don't store the car for a logn period with e85 in the tank or fuel lines, it should be fine? And convert to non-rubber soft fuel line.
Halon
11-19-2006, 05:22 PM
K smartass, thanks for that.

They install some sort of flame suppressors in the FFV vehicles, and it has something to do with how e85 conducts electricity from what I gathered. And I know a long time ago Eric had mentioned grounding our fuel pumps because we don't have that supressor. Is anyone grounding any additional components, or just running the cars as they are?
JET
11-19-2006, 08:42 PM
Gasoline conducts electricity. Should we ground the pump now? Gasoline burns easier than e85, so I would guess that you are safer with e85 uner most conditions.


Wow, that is interesting because this is a quote straight off the US DOT website "Ethanol and Ethanol blends conduct electricity. Gasoline, by contrast, is an electrical insulator."

http://www.chemtrec.org/NR/rdonlyres/30F36514-52C6-4932-A47C-1B3E7B96CD65/0/EthanolandGasolineFuelMixtures.pdf
rst95eclipse
11-19-2006, 08:57 PM
I must say that I haven't seen any writeups about E85 convert cars having corrosive problems. I even read about a Mustang that has been running on it for over a year without any sign of wear on the fuel system. The most interesting point he made was the fact that he did not protectively coat anything.
xveganxcowboyx
11-19-2006, 11:19 PM
It's a very slow process. Some rubbers and uncoated aluminum can slowly weaken or oxidize. I don't know any concrete numbers, but I expect it's years before any problems make themselves known. For those of us who pull most of those parts off on a semi regular basis it shouldn't be a problem to check and replace/upgrade accordingly.