Thread: E85
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Old 04-07-2009, 07:37 AM   #6
Jim_PA
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Re: E85

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Originally Posted by JMurray View Post
i'm not very educated on E85, but i thought a motor running on e85 got less mpg than even 87oct if e85 is 110oct how is that possible educate me please, wouldn't everyone build a motor to run on e85 if it made more hp?

e85 isn't everywhere, so when a regular engine is built to accept both, it can't be built with the benefit of high compression, because it still needs to run on reg. 87.

I don't know, but would think that if you did build an engine for e85, you should be able to take advantage of the high compression, and make something much more efficient than the flex-fuel cars we see now.
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