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11-06-2010, 09:47 PM
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its eats up the gas tank/lines faster. its beer!!! or because of the alcoholic.
i think small motors need to use this stuff go carts/dirt bikes/lawn equipment. just a personal belief i have for E85.
i think small motors need to use this stuff go carts/dirt bikes/lawn equipment. just a personal belief i have for E85.
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11-07-2010, 05:53 AM
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a) All Ford engines, save for diesels, are E85 (flex fuel) safe.
b) Are you going to miss 3 to 5 MPHs?? Really? Ethanol has less BTUs per volume compare to the same volume of gas. Yes, E85 will have less energy available to use that un E'ed gas of the same volume.
Hug a tree. No sense running into 1.
b) Are you going to miss 3 to 5 MPHs?? Really? Ethanol has less BTUs per volume compare to the same volume of gas. Yes, E85 will have less energy available to use that un E'ed gas of the same volume.
Hug a tree. No sense running into 1.
11-07-2010, 11:08 AM
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Current research prepared by Argonne National Laboratory (a U.S. Department of "Energy Laboratory), indicates a 38% gain in the overall energy input/output equation for the corn-to-ethanol process. That is, if 100 BTUs of energy is used to plant corn, harvest the crop, transport it, etc., 138 BTUs of energy is available in the fuel ethanol. Corn yields and processing technologies have improved significantly over the past 20 years and they continue to do so, making ethanol production less and less energy intensive."
A whole 38 percent incresase. Well now, thats one efficient process. IMO not worth the effort when considering all the chemicals used to produce corn and increase in price of that commodity. Plenty of good old fashioned dino oil to go around if the tree huggers let us go after it. Drive a Prius, I need your gas.
A whole 38 percent incresase. Well now, thats one efficient process. IMO not worth the effort when considering all the chemicals used to produce corn and increase in price of that commodity. Plenty of good old fashioned dino oil to go around if the tree huggers let us go after it. Drive a Prius, I need your gas.
11-08-2010, 10:37 AM
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11-08-2010, 11:02 AM
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No offense PS, but I never quite understood how somone could tell someone else what is a waste of money for that person. All things considering it may not be not the smartest financial move, but it's only a waste if that person considers it so. I'm sure those in the financial and asset aquiring field might feel that the purchase of a new, gas-guzzling vehicle to haul our man toys around with is a waste of money. But I digress...
Lol, sorry PS...just busting your *****.
Yeah OP, just buy 87/89 octane and call it a day.
Lol, sorry PS...just busting your *****.
Yeah OP, just buy 87/89 octane and call it a day.
11-08-2010, 11:26 AM
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Fordified
