E-85 or 112

[Crash 4]

it depend on what kind of e85 you have. the 15% gas makes a big difference. if you mix your own e85 and use race fuel you can get away with more compression. the gas used to mix at the pumps is junk..rated less than 87 octane. i mixed my own with premium 93 octane and got away with 13 to 1 with a 2bbl carb. i was told thats the safe limit.

Thanks for the reply, but after looking at our rules, I don't believe it is legal. Imagine that, right here in the middle of the corn belt.

[Graff Spee]

You can mix your own fuel! You can mix 20% methanol (not the same as Ethanol) and still fool a gravity gage. results are about the same as E-85 power wise. We saw a 40 degree temp. drop and 20 hp on the dyno.

[advancetechnologytools]

e-85

hi,
anybody can tell me the details of e-85, please?

[rcstreet1]

Mix methanol wit e85 or gas

[twisterf5]

.i have run e-85 for years it is 1/2 pound heaver than gas and has 30% oxygen at 3.45 gall around hear. most of your high dollar race gas that has 02 in it only has 3 to 8% o2 in it at 7 to 9.00 a gal. you will see more HP gains in classes that have smaller carb rules. just like running NOS. a 650 carb will only flow so much air on gas but when put on E-85 that 30% more o2. bigger bag for the buck.
our crate car holds the record on a local chassis dyno with 419 hp and 448 torque on E-85
and right now are running our 700 hp steel head on E-85

we build our own carbs,and for several teams it does not take as much as you would think to run it. it is not menthenol based. so a carter gas pump is just fine.

the biggest thing is keeping it around 85 to 88% and allowing for the 30% more fuel you will burn.

[twisterf5]

Mix methanol wit e85 or gas

methanol will not mix with gas. it does not have the carrer in it.but a small amount will mix with E-85. it is best to mix ethanol with E-85
ethanol is made from corn.
methanol is made from wood.

[sj valley dave]

People that are talking about mixing dis-similar fuels and really don't know what they are doing are going to end up costing themselves a lot of $$ to save a few bucks...IMO