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Originally Posted by thecollector
E-85 is pretty much cheap race Fuel. It is not neccessarily more efficient, but can make more power. The power in this motor is being created VIA utilizing Gas and E-85 together, injecting the ethanol under high loads cools the intake charge and allows them to run timming on what would be 150 octane fuel. Dayton 5.0 performance currently has a built mustang burning the rollers at over 1,300hp on E-85. It is cheap Widely available high octance fuel. In your taurus or ranger its ineffecient, in your high compression car its affordable smiles.
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It seems like an awful lot of complexity and work; you could do the same thing with a diesel instead, and get a still better power to weight ratio. Ethanol is a dream, and a stupid one. Every time you fill up with Ethanol, it means that much less food for someone who really needs it. The economic impact to the average Mexican family has been staggering. Meanwhile, biodiesel can be easily grown in the desert using seawater.
Ford has had high powered gasoline engines before. They wouldn't pass a gas station, so this is sort of an improvement; but having two high pressure fuel systems will make the repair costs astronomical.
