Flex Fuel Conversion

[Slowhawk]

Originally Posted by Batman

Why do you assume everything is about HP? That is the one thing I hate about tuners (no offense intended at all) is that everything is always about max power. If this kit works I have a list of 54 people already who will pay me to install it. I am de-modding my car because of emissions yes, but also because I am not 100% happy with it so I am trying something new. I may hate it this way and put everything else back on, who knows. I will keep tinkering until I like the final product and am frankly getting sick of hearing how stupid I am because making max HP isn't a concern for me and I am trying something new. I mean I could have put a much bigger cam in it and made 20-35 more HP as it sits but it isn't what I am looking for at this point in time so how about we cut me some slack. And if nothing else E-85 is $1.20 less a gallon here then 93 octane, and in the summer it is almost $.80 cheaper then 87 octane that is a pretty significant number. If I can toss a few bucks into a car to save a few hundred down the road I am willing to give it a try.

Don't get your panties in a bunch.You said you ran high octain to get the high dyno #'s which say's to me your all about the hp #.Then I read posts about demodding,then this about E-85.I really don't care what you do, just voicing an opinion which is what the internet is about.

As for testing the E-85.There are a ton of people running it out west.Search them and it will save you a bunch of questions and give you the result answers you are looking for.What I would think is soon the E-85 price will go up alot due to more vehicles running it.The government will tax the hell out of it.

[Batman]

Originally Posted by ILuvPizzaTimes10

IM 100% with you on that one!!! my car was more fun to drive wen it was stock. i could drive it by a cop and not get harassed. drive it daily and not break the bank in fuel costs. i dunno the E85 being cheaper thing. i get it BUT how long will it take for it to pay for itself? thats the final question. if it was say an average of 25 cents less per gallon and costed 1000 bux for the kit installed. thats what 4000 gallons of fuel to pay for it?

It's hard to say until actually get the box on the first car, I am thinking about 20,000 miles at the current prices, which for me is 1 year, considerably quicker for a car running 93 octane, maybe just over a summer for that. Only time will tell. Hell it may be a complete flop but I am confident in my planning so we'll see what happens