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How is fuel efficiency on the E85?
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ZXoltan
on May 15, 2019 at 10:32 AM
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Nice results..similar setup to me. E85 is great on the 530s!
posted by Stanky (BC)
on May 14, 2019 at 06:29 PM
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Driving styles being equal, is it worse than 93 octane?
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Chicagoland Dyno Trip.
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Boostjuice
17:57:33 05/14/19
First dyno graph from september
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Boostjuice
18:02:03 05/14/19
Chicagoland Dyno Trip Graph
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Boostjuice
18:03:19 05/14/19
Nice results..similar setup to me. E85 is great on the 530s!
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Stanky (BC)
18:29:59 05/14/19
e85 on the 530s definitely makes for a fun street car!
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Boostjuice
18:47:44 05/14/19
How is fuel efficiency on the E85? -
ZXoltan
10:32:48 05/15/19
Theoretically it's worse, but in real life not by much
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Stanky (BC)
12:29:54 05/15/19
fuel efficiency isn’t terrible, I filled up full tank
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Boostjuice
12:41:01 05/15/19
I have been wondering myself if the difference between the
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LJZTT
12:24:01 05/19/19
Fuel economy is ~17% worse
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megaDan
14:35:03 05/15/19
I heard your car did well dan, i only got to see a couple
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Boostjuice
14:52:26 05/15/19
Ouch! 800 HP is exciting. A blown motor is not :-( (n/m)
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ZXoltan
17:09:49 05/15/19
You make very good points. Not sure how available it is
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ZXoltan
17:07:27 05/15/19
It's just a higher quality fuel than gasoline. No carbon
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not4resaleZ
17:25:27 05/15/19
lol (n/m)
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LJZTT
15:44:39 05/16/19
Frankly we should have phased out internal combustion
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not4resaleZ
18:16:19 05/16/19
GM does a good job of getting in their own way. (n/m)
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MixManMash
21:10:38 05/16/19
GM is actually quite ahead of Tesla, at least 10 years
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LJZTT
09:48:58 05/18/19
Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies (n/m)
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not4resaleZ
15:54:51 05/18/19
Re: Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies
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LJZTT
12:05:53 05/19/19
You have some very good points.
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MixManMash
12:37:55 05/19/19
I have barely scratched the surface
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LJZTT
13:14:51 05/19/19
I've seen it all. Everyday I do a Tesla search on Google
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not4resaleZ
15:41:29 05/19/19
^exhibit A: "cognitive dissonance"
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LJZTT
16:41:00 05/20/19
OK, what about GM is 10+ years ahead?
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not4resaleZ
17:59:10 05/20/19
GM was almost 20 years ahead.
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MixManMash
19:01:06 05/20/19
In retrospect, I have it backwards, it took over 100 years
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LJZTT
19:43:18 05/21/19
yikes man, you have a lot of assumptions that simply aren't
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LJZTT
17:48:15 05/21/19
I'm sorry I don't have more time to spend responding.
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not4resaleZ
18:12:40 05/21/19
You misunderstand me
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LJZTT
19:29:07 05/21/19
Coming to pass? Ethanol production continues
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not4resaleZ
20:17:48 05/21/19
so?...let's see retail sales/consumption figures vs gasoline
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LJZTT
20:44:52 05/21/19
a few mins on the web reveals that very little data is out
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LJZTT
20:53:20 05/21/19
"accomodative" monetary policy... lol
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vorpalZed
09:15:41 05/21/19
I dont know how it works in Canada, but the Federal Reserve
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LJZTT
18:12:40 05/21/19
you're right, I misunderstood the 'Fed' system
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vorpalZed
21:48:42 05/21/19
actually if you look back over a decade ago
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LJZTT
08:00:37 05/22/19
research 10 year old tt.net posts?
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vorpalZed
08:52:58 05/22/19
No one told you to do it, I plainly said "IF you did
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LJZTT
09:39:18 05/22/19
and just to send some of you into a real tizzy
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LJZTT
10:15:50 05/22/19
I think I'd be more concerned for Nissan than Tesla
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vorpalZed
11:32:17 05/22/19
Well Nissan and Tesla aren't really in the same boat
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LJZTT
11:58:00 05/22/19
Re: I have barely scratched the surface
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spicyZ
08:00:46 05/21/19
Apart from Paul Walker no car guy should have a beef with
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LJZTT
19:35:35 05/21/19
Going fwd I will just link co-workers here when they ask...
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Ted (92TT)
15:37:29 05/19/19
Re: Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies
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LJZTT
12:17:05 05/19/19
bottom line: all Tesla owners risk becoming the "bagholder"
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LJZTT
12:21:08 05/19/19
don't be a bagholder....
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LJZTT
12:38:18 05/19/19
then why do their e-cars look like jellybeans with glued on
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vorpalZed
22:13:47 05/18/19
dunno, I guess that is what your cars look like 10 years
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LJZTT
12:07:50 05/19/19
I run the car on e85 almost all the time, and I
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Boostjuice
17:43:41 05/15/19
Re: I run the car on e85 almost all the time, and I
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Jason300zxTT
05:44:33 05/18/19
I'm flex fuel. I read a sensor's display after fillup and
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not4resaleZ
09:27:35 05/16/19
Love it. Similar setup to my Sp550 build.
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Waco300zx(DFW)
12:32:48 05/15/19
Ask me how many E85 stations exist in VT
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Zeus
12:58:10 05/15/19
Happy face.....you can get 55 gallon drums delivered in VT
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SirpriZ
18:47:39 05/15/19
I converted to ethanol on Sport 550's. Huge difference. (n/m)
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outkaZTT
20:48:46 05/18/19
Out of curiousity how much boost are you running on e85 now? (n/m)
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RAGTPZ
10:55:24 05/20/19
Hi Mike. I'm real curious as to how the 550s perform
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SirpriZ
15:50:31 05/20/19
Was the tune put on a chip or do you have standalone? thx (n/m)
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ZUL8R
13:47:24 05/15/19
Harry just put both my tunes on a chip, and made me a toggle
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Boostjuice
14:49:13 05/15/19
So I guess you can't use them at random without pretty much
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ZXoltan
17:40:20 05/15/19
You can use them if you had to. The best way is to get
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Boostjuice
18:00:20 05/15/19
I like the SZ MAP switcher, Seb setup mine with 8 maps based
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puchy
11:00:55 05/16/19
they do (n/m)
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LJZTT
15:46:42 05/16/19
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