<VV> E-85 some Vair sorta

[Joe Robbins]

I thought the perils of E-85 were on modern cars not equipped for it not so
much older cars from the 60's etc. I used to know the issues but forgot...
glad we have E-85 here in IL, my Suburban loves corn juice. The drop in
mileage is very slight, hey when you get just 12MPG what's 10% - 15% loss,
I'll take the 80 cent savings and get 100 Octane. 
Joe Robbins
BBRT
PCCA


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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Paul Fox
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:41 PM
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Subject: <VV> E-85 and my new engine

Group, 
  For those who are wondering about my 65 Corsa that I've been running on
E-85. I have a nice up-date. About 700miles ago I installed a fresh 110hp
engine in my daily driver Corsa. I built it with fuel economy and E-85 in
mind. The best I had done on gas with this car was 18mpg. The engine was
clapped out. So I decided to try it on E-85 for a while just to see what
would happen. It worked fairly well despite gloom and doom warnings from
many.
         I felt good enough about it that I went ahead and built a new
engine for it.At the same time I removed a bunch of weight from the car too.
I also installed a 3.27 rear gear. Well yesterday I just finished my third
tank of E-85 with a mileage check. It averaged 20.6 mpg. I can't complain
about that because the engine isn't fully broken in as yet (moly rings). But
the good news is I bought my E-85 for 3.19 a gallon. For us here in
Indy,that's 70 cents per gal. cheaper than regular unleaded. Seems like a
better deal now then it used to.
                         Paul Fox  

       
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