<VV> E-85

[werp knarly]

id watch it on your dakota! or at least make sure your corvair is still 
running before you try it on your truck, way to many sensors on the truck

check your owners manual....

i dont think you will get enough e85 with out changing the jets, putting in 
an electric fuel pump to prevent vapor lock, and adding a good filter to 
catch all the gunk left from the dino-gas that the ethanol will clean out.

Thanks!

Joe,

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Kubin" <dreamwoodck at yahoo.com>
To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: <VV> E-85


> OK, gang,
> the gauntlet is thrown. This is a much easier test to
> prove than constant  speculating over hydrogen fuel
> cells, electric Corvairs, aux fan cooling, kerosene,
> paint thinner, jet fuel, biodeisel or chocolate ice
> cream added to pump gas.
> I have a Corvair. I have a gas station nearby that has
> E85. With no changes to the engine, as I understand
> none are required, I will fill my tank with it three
> times (just to make sure it is all that's in the tank)
> and track my mileage and impressions of performance
> against the unleaded premium that's in there now. I
> wil also do the test in my 2002 Dakota with the 4.7
> magnum.  Since I'm pretty good on a calculator, I'll
> report miles per gallon to the group and save the rest
> of the group the 300 emails and three months that it
> will take to kick the living bejesus out of this
> topic.
> This will also be a good indicator of E85's knock
> inhibiting properties, since when Orange Crush gets
> good and hot on a highway run, it knocks like a
> sumbitch.
> One day, maybe this year, I'll address that issue by
> rounding up all the usual suspects. Meanwhile,  what
> I'll need from all of you is time. With the limited
> use the Corvair gets, it may take me as much as three
> months to get the results. That means I will have them
> in about the same time as it will take for this thread
> to die out...unless someone else with access to E85 is
> willing to participate in this practical test.
>
> Chuck Kubin
>
>
>
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