[YodaFan1138]

Hey guys,

A gas station in the area caught my eye when the sign read "E85 sold here!" I stopped in and found a pump selling 85% ethanol fuel (at "over 100 octane") for a penny or two more expensive than 87 octane. Is this a different kind of octane or could I run like 12:1 static compression on this gas? Are there any other implications?

Is there any way I could run this in my '69 Mach I running 10.1:1 compresion and in dire need of more than the 92 octane I'm putting in it? Will any of this eat my fuel lines or corrode myg as tank?

Any help is appreciated,
YodaFan1138

[JUSTNLX]

It use to be called M85. Ford and some others have produced dual fuel vehicles. They use a special CPU and fuel system to be able to run the E85. The CPU, through sensors, can tell the difference between E85 and regular gas. It will change the perameters according to which fuel you run.

These dual fuel vehicles will use approx. 50% more of the E85 and approx. 50% less emmissons

DO NOT RUN E85 IN A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR IT!!! A major melt down will come from it. Your Mustang will run VERY, VERY Lean!!

However you can design your fuel system to run E85. I have thought about this. The main problems I can think off, using twice as much fuel, and Ethanol is a corrosive.

[JUSTNLX]

You know, you got me thinking. I'm a little wrong. E85 has never been called M85 and it can't. One is Ethanol the other is Methanol, dah!!

Anyway, everything else goes.

Here are a couple of sites for some info. There are tons of other sites.

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/fue...s/methanol.pdf
http://www.e85fuel.com/faqs/conversion.htm

[EricD]

I think the car that Ford have that can run it are Flex Fuel car. They have a little leaf badge on the fenders. I think it's only the 3.0L and the 3.8L engines. Not sure