E85?? (1 Viewer)

[trojan_knight]

does any one know if you can make 1fz run on E-85?

any thoughts welcome

thanks
Sam

 

[Cattledog]

My guess is no or not without damage to the fuel system.

The fuel system was never designed for E85. I bet your o-ring seals would bit the dust quick and the injectors are to small.
If you did get it to run, Your gas mileage would run in the 9 to 11 mpg range at best. E85 has less energy content per a gram than 87 octane. I would avoid it, run the cheapest 87 octane gas you can find and enjoy the ride.

BTW, I might consider running 85 or 86 octane if I found it. The pistons from another post were very beefy.

 

[Josh83]

GM is really hyping E85 right now, but it is a passing fad if that. There just isn't enough land to grow enough corn to run all of our cars.

 

[elmariachi]

GM is really hyping E85 right now, but it is a passing fad if that. There just isn't enough land to grow enough corn to run all of our cars.

Huh???? Not enough land? We have continued to overproduce and greatly exceed corn demand for a decade. Hell, the government is paying farmers NOT to produce it. And even though we are a huge corn producer and exporter, the corn industry says we are only at 40% of current output capacity. Now they have engineered a perennial corn that can produce year around and would likely introduce it if the demand increases. That's AFTER we deplete the commodity supply. You let E85 cars take hold and watch the American farmer sh^%can whatever they are doing and start planting corn. It'll be growing on the road shoulders like weeds. They'll be plowing parking lots over to plant it.

 

[trojan_knight]

i know it has less energy and i will get less milage. i wanted to know if you could change things to make it work.

there is a little podunk(SP) gas station here that sells it for $1.40 or so.

thanks
sam

 

[elmariachi]

i know it has less energy and i will get less milage. i wanted to know if you could change things to make it work.
there is a little podunk(SP) gas station here that sells it for $1.40 or so.
thanks sam

From everything I have read every part of the spark, fuel delivery, emissions and exhaust would have to be adjusted, and without access to the ECM programming, I can't see how you would do it. Its more than just o-rings, its air/fuel ratios, OBD readings, MAF calibrations, engine timing etc. I have read that several people are having success with 85/15 gas to ethanol ratios in Chevy and Ford trucks, but beyond that ratio issues start apearing in the form of OBD quirks, poor starting, rough idle etc. I'd love to pioneer a conversion, but I think it could come at the expense of screwing up my truck.