Bill Dedman said

I don't know much about E-85, but I have learned that the people who make it are very lax about quality control when it comes to actually seeing to it that is is, in fact, 85% methanol. Pump E-85 is all over the place regarding actual percentage of alcohol, and, therefore octane.

I wanted to use it for a fuel for my turbocharged car, but was scared off by its non-existent consistency. I don't know how to deal with that problem, short of purchasing it in 55-gallon barrels and testing and correcting it for percentage of alcohol.


I decided to buy $10.00/gal. race gas, instead. That gets old fast.... :banghead:

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rumblefish360 said

Pro;

High octane! Very high. Cheap price vs gasoline.

Con;

Octane as shown may not be all that. As mentioned quality is an issue. You can get testers to test the E-85 on the spot.
Availability. It is not everywhere you want it to be. You will have to know where it is before you go to a certain spot or route.
Less BTU return vs gasoline. This means you will need to use more fuel for the same distance traveled. Cruise or wide open throttle.

The secret (well, not really) is to run as high as a ratio as possible for the E-85 as so to try and off set the loss due to the lower BTU return.

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