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I was thinking about it. The only concern that I have is that it is suposed to be pretty corrosive. Not as bad as methanol but enough to concern me. My car will be sitting except for weekends. With the thought of that fuel sitting in the car as much as it will I just have a bad mental picture of this stuff eating up my injectors/ pumps / etc. and causing me to lean out.....End result could be BOOM! I have been waiting for a few other people to use it as a daily fuel before I try. 
Now this is all what I have been told so dont take my word for it. 
I hope it works as well as it sounds, if so I will be running it for sure.
Now this is all what I have been told so dont take my word for it. I hope it works as well as it sounds, if so I will be running it for sure.Its also like Dustan says not corrosive being diluted with gasoline, however the E98 that we will run on high boost is way more alky than gasoling. This makes it closer to methonol but no where near as corrosive.
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tampa has ethanol plant breaking ground next month. bad news is they are only planning e10 and not e85. we will get it but i believe it is still a couple years away from being at pumps like up north. its really good stuff. oct rating is 105 but it acts much higher. very close to c16 in performace from what I have seen.
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tampa has ethanol plant breaking ground next month. bad news is they are only planning e10 and not e85. we will get it but i believe it is still a couple years away from being at pumps like up north. its really good stuff. oct rating is 105 but it acts much higher. very close to c16 in performace from what I have seen.
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Would you trust that on 105 unleaded??? You would have to raise the octane level up still.
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And I thought that AWD is to have traction.
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Here read some of this.
The link Engine & fuel engineering - E98 Information wanted
dumbricer (Automotive)
16 Apr 07 15:39
I am based in Minnesota, and need some information about this fuel.
We are currently running a Mitsubishi 4G63 with a 71mm Turbocharger on it. We were running E85 last year on a 61mm turbocharger and made 541 wheel horsepower on 25lbs of boost. Beyond that the clutch was slipping, so we called it a day and ran 11.0 @ 135mph. No knock.
About 2 weeks ago a fuel called E98 was brought to our attention. We did some searching and found a local distributor for 3.20 a gallon.
The fuel system is designed to run E85. Everything is okay to run it, and it has been running E85 for over a year.
My questions:
1. What would the Octane of this fuel be? E85 is 105ish octane, and I know from dyno experience that it takes a LOT to get it to knock.
2. Is it going to overly corrosive? The car has an aluminum cylinder head, and this is going to be a mixed street/strip car.
3. What are fuel consumption requirements going to be over E85? I'm guessing there won't be that much difference between the two, but I'm sure Stoich is different.
4. How hard is this going to be to ignite? Am I looking at an upgraded spark system? It does fine with E85, but it kind of stutters when it is cold (doesn't do this on VP C16), and I'm thinking it might be too cold of a spark or a spark blowout type deal.
Mainly I am worried about Corrosion.
Thanks!
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2 Step @ 1.5 bars..... Who wants some
And I thought that AWD is to have traction.
2 Step @ 1.5 bars..... Who wants some
And I thought that AWD is to have traction.
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If you go back and read my first reply to sireal you will see what how I explained it and how I would use it
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