<VV> E-85 and my new engine

[Bob Saunders]

OK,
does anyone want to say what mods are required to use E85 in a 110?

INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW!<s>

bob

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Paul Fox <paulvair at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Group,
>  For those who are wondering about my 65 Corsa that I've been running on
> E-85. I have a nice up-date. About 700miles ago I installed a fresh 110hp
> engine in my daily driver Corsa. I built it with fuel economy and E-85 in
> mind. The best I had done on gas with this car was 18mpg. The engine was
> clapped out. So I decided to try it on E-85 for a while just to see what
> would happen. It worked fairly well despite gloom and doom warnings from
> many.
>         I felt good enough about it that I went ahead and built a new
> engine for it.At the same time I removed a bunch of weight from the car too.
> I also installed a 3.27 rear gear. Well yesterday I just finished my third
> tank of E-85 with a mileage check. It averaged 20.6 mpg. I can't complain
> about that because the engine isn't fully broken in as yet (moly rings). But
> the good news is I bought my E-85 for 3.19 a gallon. For us here in
> Indy,that's 70 cents per gal. cheaper than regular unleaded. Seems like a
> better deal now then it used to.
>                         Paul Fox
>
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