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fcluddington

Just paid $3.44 for a gallon of E85 while 93 octane is $3.79. In the last year it has went up over a $1.25 and my thinking is that eventually it will be a custom fuel because the price of corn is over $7.40 a bushell. We are burning are food supply , The town I live in is in the center of the "corn belt" we have the largest ethanol plant ever built and it has yet to come on line and the 3 companies that tryed have all went bankrupt. it would require like 10% of US corn to run profitable. It was a great idea to get price of corn up. But has got to stop before we cant afford food. Yes I run E85, and think we need to stop useing corn to produce it... Like everyone says it is alot cheaper than race fuel.

SPOOLINmatt

I feel that the corn used in e85 reprents the corn that would go to waste in stores or the corn that is not acceptable to sell when harvested.

turbohatch96y7

iTrader: (15)

Wheres the guy that can gt u e85 to your door? I cant remember his name

96dxB16

All that corn you're using for the food supply is making Americans fat and diabetic. I say use all that f'n corn for E85 and go back to raising animals to eat the food they were meant to eat, not corn. And I'm sure we can use a hell of a lot less corn syrup as well. I can only see good coming from it.

I use the same iPhone app "Fueled with Pride" and it works well. I have my NA Honda race car and my DD Evo running on E85. I love the stuff.

92tealhatch

Up north they change e85 to e70 at the pump for winter, do they do the same in the south or can u still get real e85 in winter?

SPOOLINmatt

i paid 2.99 a month ago. it generally stays e85 here in al, ga, fl

Buy a 13$ tester and you are good.

DA 4 Lyfe

So when does the E85 summerblend come back out to NY in 2012? I hope to re-tune with it in April

92tealhatch

According to some guys I know that run it here in ny won't b true e85 until like April/May. I'm just gonna have a tune for both blends and test it before running it, u can still make decent power with the 70% blend if u tune for it. My cars at synapse now, I'll post whp differences between the two blends in a couple days,luckily I scored 5 gal of 85% to tune with

DA 4 Lyfe

What a small world my car is at Synapse right now too. Blue 2ndgen Integra. I guess I will have to wait n see about the E85.

92tealhatch

i went to a few stations today with my tester and found good 85% at the mobil on the corner of fuller and central, i filled a barrel if you wanted to still get tuned on it theres still some good e85 at the pump. couple other places i went were at 80% so i dont know how much longer it'll be around just a fyi

DA 4 Lyfe

I was going to re-tune with E85 in March but just found out that true E85 doesnt come around until May.

BTW is this Team Teal 2?

92tealhatch

Yea team teal2, I bougt alex's car a while ago redoing it now.the e85 at that mobil is the stuff from summer I tested it so u can still get it, a lot of the other gas stations have the blended stuff but that mobil is 85% ethanol still that's why I filled up a barrel today

fcluddington

The E85 government subsidy aka (farmer welfare) will be up in December. The fed. welfare check and the tariff is 1.40 per gallon. It doesn't sound like the gov. is going to renew this form of welfare seems how the price of corn has increased by 400% since it was put into place.
Might want to buy ethanol before Dec.

SPOOLINmatt

just bought a whole barrel for roughly 3.10 a gallon if you don't include the price of the drum. 191$ total

locked my price in for the year haha

J(ake)DM

just got our first one in corpus christi texas if a few more pop up i will be going for a retune

TKERacer619

Ours are slimming down. I have limited options but its still worth it. All we have is 91. It would be wise to wait though. Without a second option the yellow plastic "out of order" bag on the pump will be a frustrating night.

I show up to the usual station (5 miles). Bagged. Drive the the normal backup (4 more miles). Pumps are gone. Drive downtown (12 miles in traffic). Bagged. Guy turns pump on so I can get 2 gallons. Drive south (5 miles). Line of wrxs, evos, and turbo hondas! Was a nice little car meet waiting in line for the last e85 pump in town that night.

I normally have to drive 10 miles or 12 miles. Opposite directions which is nice but they are both east of me. My usual station has terrible management and won't order more e85. If I want fuel for a trip into the mountains I need to plan on a minimum 30 minute detour.

wrx-killer-Sti-eater

iTrader: (1)

New e85 station in fullerton next to the j/c on commonwealth and raymond.

dc2lsvtech

I am no fuel expert and I understand why all the high horsepower guys are using it, but my question is can any regular car off the showroom floor like say a " Chevy Malibu " can use this e85 or no it's made as a replacement for race gas..?

ek9.5

If its flex fuel most of the new cars are flex fuel.

HondaPro1

do not use e85 in turbo setup, will burn up rings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXCbihWv6UE
like so....

$MIKE$

iTrader: (13)

theres a great app for e85 stations its called flex-fuel.

070-racing

we can already tank this for 6 years in holland were happy with it
happy for you guys with the better fuel in the area

OneBadTurboCRV

Has anyone noticed the recent increase in E85 cost? It is almost as much as 87 octane around me. It is still just cheap enough with the MPG loss to be justified over 93 though (assuming your setup can be ran on gas).

DropGearZ

great thread thank you!!