Subject	Fuel economy is ~17% worse
Posted by	megaDan on May 15, 2019 at 2:35 PM
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In Reply To	How is fuel efficiency on the E85? posted by ZXoltan on May 15, 2019 at 10:32 AM
Message	I was a Chicago dyno attendee, and am also thrilled with the results. I went from ~430 to ~480whp with my Sport 500s. 93 octane highway mpg ~21 93 octane fuel cost ~3.70 E85 highway mpg ~17.5 E85 fuel cost ~2.15 The fuel is ~44% cheaper, yet nets only a 17% reduction in highway MPG while delivering 11% more horsepower and 50% more driving enjoyment. I'm so glad I made the switch
Follow Ups	Chicagoland Dyno Trip. - Boostjuice 17:57:33 05/14/19 First dyno graph from september - Boostjuice 18:02:03 05/14/19 Chicagoland Dyno Trip Graph - Boostjuice 18:03:19 05/14/19 Nice results..similar setup to me. E85 is great on the 530s! - Stanky (BC) 18:29:59 05/14/19 e85 on the 530s definitely makes for a fun street car! - 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 - Stanky (BC) 12:29:54 05/15/19 fuel efficiency isn’t terrible, I filled up full tank - Boostjuice 12:41:01 05/15/19 I have been wondering myself if the difference between the - LJZTT 12:24:01 05/19/19 Fuel economy is ~17% worse - megaDan 14:35:03 05/15/19 I heard your car did well dan, i only got to see a couple - Boostjuice 14:52:26 05/15/19 Ouch! 800 HP is exciting. A blown motor is not :-( (n/m) - ZXoltan 17:09:49 05/15/19 You make very good points. Not sure how available it is - ZXoltan 17:07:27 05/15/19 It's just a higher quality fuel than gasoline. No carbon - not4resaleZ 17:25:27 05/15/19 lol (n/m) - LJZTT 15:44:39 05/16/19 Frankly we should have phased out internal combustion - not4resaleZ 18:16:19 05/16/19 GM does a good job of getting in their own way. (n/m) - MixManMash 21:10:38 05/16/19 GM is actually quite ahead of Tesla, at least 10 years - LJZTT 09:48:58 05/18/19 Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies (n/m) - not4resaleZ 15:54:51 05/18/19 Re: Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies - LJZTT 12:05:53 05/19/19 You have some very good points. - MixManMash 12:37:55 05/19/19 I have barely scratched the surface - LJZTT 13:14:51 05/19/19 I've seen it all. Everyday I do a Tesla search on Google - not4resaleZ 15:41:29 05/19/19 ^exhibit A: "cognitive dissonance" - LJZTT 16:41:00 05/20/19 OK, what about GM is 10+ years ahead? - not4resaleZ 17:59:10 05/20/19 GM was almost 20 years ahead. - MixManMash 19:01:06 05/20/19 In retrospect, I have it backwards, it took over 100 years - LJZTT 19:43:18 05/21/19 yikes man, you have a lot of assumptions that simply aren't - LJZTT 17:48:15 05/21/19 I'm sorry I don't have more time to spend responding. - not4resaleZ 18:12:40 05/21/19 You misunderstand me - LJZTT 19:29:07 05/21/19 Coming to pass? Ethanol production continues - not4resaleZ 20:17:48 05/21/19 so?...let's see retail sales/consumption figures vs gasoline - LJZTT 20:44:52 05/21/19 a few mins on the web reveals that very little data is out - LJZTT 20:53:20 05/21/19 "accomodative" monetary policy... lol - vorpalZed 09:15:41 05/21/19 I dont know how it works in Canada, but the Federal Reserve - LJZTT 18:12:40 05/21/19 you're right, I misunderstood the 'Fed' system - vorpalZed 21:48:42 05/21/19 actually if you look back over a decade ago - LJZTT 08:00:37 05/22/19 research 10 year old tt.net posts? - vorpalZed 08:52:58 05/22/19 No one told you to do it, I plainly said "IF you did - LJZTT 09:39:18 05/22/19 and just to send some of you into a real tizzy - LJZTT 10:15:50 05/22/19 I think I'd be more concerned for Nissan than Tesla - vorpalZed 11:32:17 05/22/19 Well Nissan and Tesla aren't really in the same boat - LJZTT 11:58:00 05/22/19 Re: I have barely scratched the surface - spicyZ 08:00:46 05/21/19 Apart from Paul Walker no car guy should have a beef with - LJZTT 19:35:35 05/21/19 Going fwd I will just link co-workers here when they ask... - Ted (92TT) 15:37:29 05/19/19 Re: Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies - LJZTT 12:17:05 05/19/19 bottom line: all Tesla owners risk becoming the "bagholder" - LJZTT 12:21:08 05/19/19 don't be a bagholder.... - LJZTT 12:38:18 05/19/19 then why do their e-cars look like jellybeans with glued on - vorpalZed 22:13:47 05/18/19 dunno, I guess that is what your cars look like 10 years - LJZTT 12:07:50 05/19/19 I run the car on e85 almost all the time, and I - Boostjuice 17:43:41 05/15/19 Re: I run the car on e85 almost all the time, and I - Jason300zxTT 05:44:33 05/18/19 I'm flex fuel. I read a sensor's display after fillup and - not4resaleZ 09:27:35 05/16/19 Love it. Similar setup to my Sp550 build. - Waco300zx(DFW) 12:32:48 05/15/19 Ask me how many E85 stations exist in VT - Zeus 12:58:10 05/15/19 Happy face.....you can get 55 gallon drums delivered in VT - SirpriZ 18:47:39 05/15/19 I converted to ethanol on Sport 550's. Huge difference. (n/m) - outkaZTT 20:48:46 05/18/19 Out of curiousity how much boost are you running on e85 now? (n/m) - RAGTPZ 10:55:24 05/20/19 Hi Mike. I'm real curious as to how the 550s perform - SirpriZ 15:50:31 05/20/19 Was the tune put on a chip or do you have standalone? thx (n/m) - ZUL8R 13:47:24 05/15/19 Harry just put both my tunes on a chip, and made me a toggle - Boostjuice 14:49:13 05/15/19 So I guess you can't use them at random without pretty much - ZXoltan 17:40:20 05/15/19 You can use them if you had to. The best way is to get - Boostjuice 18:00:20 05/15/19 I like the SZ MAP switcher, Seb setup mine with 8 maps based - puchy 11:00:55 05/16/19 they do (n/m) - LJZTT 15:46:42 05/16/19
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