My first e85 experience.
just curious, why e85 and not methanol? Compression?
For me its a few reasons:
1. I have e85 at a gas station about a mile away from my house. You use about 30% more fuel than with gas, but even with that you are still less than half the cost of race fuel...and about on par with premium pump gas, but with more power.
2. You get the cooling effects of running on alcohol without the corrosive issues of methanol. Methanol you have to use some type of top end lube, e85 you don't.
3. Since I can get e85 at quite a few pumps around town, I can still drive my "street car" all over town without worrying about running out of fuel :-).
One draw back compared to gas is you can't let the fuel sit too long in an unsealed container (like your gas tank) because the ethanol absorbs water quickly....so if you only drive your car like once a month, you should find a way to seal up your fuel cell. "They" say that you should not let the car sit for more than 3 weeks at a time with e85.....so, I guess that means I have to drive my car a few times a month.....darn.....:D.