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Higher Octane Fuel! What the Heck!

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Old 07-11-2006, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fantastic88
Well this is the E85 ethanol... but I believe it may be related.
That stuff is 104 octane?!? Its at every gas station here. Nice and cheap $2.20 a gallon. Why can turbo Stangs run it and S2 L67s cannot? Or can we...

It has to do with having proper fuel tables for starters. If you read, it requires 15%-20% more fuel to burn, and on top of that(gotta read a bit into the whole thread), the emissions to register on the sensors the same. It would have to be calibrated to it. It talks about that in the thread a little bit.


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Old 07-11-2006, 10:55 PM
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Ya, E85 vehicles have bad mileage. Almost takes away from the lower cost. However, in my case $3.20 vs. $2.50 its worth it. Lets say if I could do it it I would.
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