E85 Rocks

[BADGMC]

Just got my truck switched over to E85 and been out testing a bit and let me tell you I wish I had done it long ago. I had Kevin @ CSU do me up a set of metering blocks for my blow through carb he built for me 4 yrs ago. I spent a whole hour changing them out and about 15 mins of tweaking idle mix screws and it runs like a champ. Drove around a bunch and it doesn't really even use much more fuel than with the pump gas. Just bought 19 gallons today for 2.059. Can't beat that.

We'll see what the track times say next weekend. Tuneup is kinda fat right now but even so it has more power than on 110 race gas at the same boost without a doubt. The cooling effect it has on the intake charge is great. Driving around town with the engine at 180 the intake is cold to the touch and dripping condensation.

Also converted my buddy's 454 in his 80 shortbox to run on the corn gas. It's a 10:1 engine with AFR 265 ovals and a comp XR280 roller cam. Made 602hp@6200 on the dyno and ran 11.60@116 with it's tight nitrous converter. With a 150 hit of juice it went 10.70@127 with a nos cheater plate with a fat fuel jet and some tire spin off the line. It's an absolute no maintenace combo and cheap to drive.

If you have a consistent source of this stuff it's well worth the time to switch .