E85 - Morrisons

[steve garbutt]

I have run my engine to lean as well (while thrashing it) a few times and it hasnt blown so im convinced there is a big plateau to work with for safety, i could be wrong but ill never know without trying

[Initial-D]

Interesting stuff, not sure about the corrosive nature and ali though hmmm!!

[Rzla]

So Steve is your PP making an appearance anytime soon?
Would really like to see it on the strip

[AshRX]

Checked with JayDee. Better than race fuel but have to be fully mapped for it. No point travelling 40 miles everytime you need to fill up

[Timrxmotors]

I haven\'t used my FD for about 3 months,but it is still alive! Needed a tow start,then took it for an MOT and it passed.Emissions on E85 were 1.4% co,and 150ppm hydrocarbons,not exactly no emissions,but not bad for a car with no cat or air pump.

[kev-yorks]

Until there are more stations selling E85 its probably not a viable fuel for road use which is a shame as there are some big plus points with E85, though by the end of the year all petrol will by European dictate have a percentage of Ethanol blended in it like diesel which already has to have between 3-5% bio fuel in it. One negative as Tim said though its more prone to pre det than petrol so keep plugs changed on a regular basis. Having said that its great knock resistance (high RON) so things can be pushed further than petrol safely, seems to have a flat tuning plateau which makes it more forgiving, inter cooling properties are much better than petrol to the point it can be a issue to get enough heat into the engine and oil. I\'ve had no issues yet with corrosion and its certainly less corrosive than meths, having said that all the fittings I\'ve used are anodized Ali and fuel system components where spec\'d up to be meths safe. Another big plus is the almost non existent CO2 emissions, which helps anyone out struggling with emissions if you add E85 to you tank for the MOT.
Tim tbh is the best person to tell of the merits, pitfalls of running E85 on a stock motor as everything on mine has been over spec\'d including a high output ignition system and how well the stock fd ignition would cope with E85 at a bar boost i\'ve no idea.

[Timrxmotors]

Some pics.

[Timrxmotors]

Pic 1 is E85 form my original fuel tank left in a container to evaporate,what is left is a white powder.
Pic 2 is E85 from Morrisons pump,left to evaporate.Leaves a varnish like residue.
Pic 4 is the state of a piece of aluminium placed in the fuel tank for a few days.
Pic 3 is of 2 totally blocked fuel pump socks.
Doesn\'t matter whatever they say on the US forums,our E85 is made from sugar beet,not corn.

[steve garbutt]

So your still running e85 ?

[Timrxmotors]

Car now MOT\'d and on the road again.Very difficult to start when hot,so did a compression test today. Front 3.7,3.9,3.7, rear 2.9,4.5,3.7. Strip down soon!