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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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No rubber, no aluminum, etc- jdmblackgsr posted the wiki-link and it explained a lot. I didn't want to just drop it in and hope the car would run fine.
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by shinmei2006
koenigsegg ccxr made like 900hp on 91, and 1100 on e85. something about e85 having a cooling effect on the engine?
latent heat of vaporization

I love E85 and did some extensive playing with for back when I was running an IC engine lab.
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 08:38 AM
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know of a 383 LT1 guy who picked up like 20+ rwhp on an E85 tune vs pump gas
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