FYI for those interested.
https://newsletters.racq.com.au/em/message/email/view.php?a=14670&id=751766
https://newsletters.racq.com.au/em/message/email/view.php?a=14670&id=751766
E85 warning in latest RACQ magazine.
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Don't know Mic, it took several years for vortex diesel to make it up the caost, but the warning is from RACQ so it's here somewhere. That's the sort of mistake my handbrake would make though, its all petrol to her.
It's around the coast here in a few spots. I won't use the stuff in my mower or forklift!!!
Shame I can't convert them to diesel!!
Shame I can't convert them to diesel!!
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So they say its not everything its cracked up to be 
Cant use it in outboards [it attracts water] or should i
say not recomended
Not good for most cars
Does that mean Gov & greenies have won!
if you want cheeper fuel, buy a new car
are all new models set up to run E85
just a thought thats all
Daryl
Cant use it in outboards [it attracts water] or should i
say not recomended
Not good for most cars
Does that mean Gov & greenies have won!
if you want cheeper fuel, buy a new car
are all new models set up to run E85
just a thought thats all
Daryl
The article states "only a small number of Saabs and a few VE series II Commodores are compatible" Not sure why only a "few" VE series II Commodores get the nod.So they say its not everything its cracked up to be
Cant use it in outboards [it attracts water] or should i
say not recomended
Not good for most cars
Does that mean Gov & greenies have won!
if you want cheeper fuel, buy a new car
are all new models set up to run E85
just a thought thats all
Daryl
I would have thought some of the French and German engines might have been compatible, but there not included in this article.
ED Zackery! couldn't have put it better myself!
ethonol 85 octane, almost all new cars can run on it even the sticker under the fuel door of our SSV Commodore sas so. the result is lower burn temp thu useing more fuel but the goverment & greenies would like us to believe "CHEAPER" because of the low octane you cant achieve as high hp readings as regular unleaded or 98....
I will NOT put that Caltex crap in my trollThe caltex at Alex hills.
Look left the next time you fill up the GU there.
.I'm a bp man!
Bullsh17
have a read of this thread and the power gains possible.
Guilt-toy Now Running On E85 ! - Skylines Australia
People are using e85 as a cheap alternative to race fuel.
good stuff if you're not chasing fuel economy but not many people know the properties of the fuel and bag it out. it shouldn't be sold at the pump.
No! you need to burn more to achieve the same as high octane fuel its a so called GREEN alternative to lower you NO2 levels omitted from youe engine. Rave fuel is High octane fuel Av-gas I am pretty sure is 110 octane the higher the octane level the more efficient it is toextract the most out of an engine & you can run more advanced timming with out pinging of power loss. As a rule to run higher ethonol you need to de-tune & run a cooler plug...well thats the way it was when we us to build race cars.
Really? How much bettr? I'm interested.
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