Winter blend gas and E/85

Added 2 gallons of e/85 to the tank and promptly filled up with 93 at the same BP. Got to talk to the manager (who orders the fuel) and he couldn't give me much info, but did say to make sure your station is a "branded" one.

The higher than usual KR readings are gone, car is twice as smooth under all throttle conditions.

Rich

 
Great to hear!  That would make it, what, 18% or so?  Hope this will bear out over an extended run :)  Open some more doors for the Gen 4.1 folks!
 
SHOdded said:
Great to hear!  That would make it, what, 18% or so?  Hope this will bear out over an extended run :)  Open some more doors for the Gen 4.1 folks!
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Looking into exact blend as on the e/85 pump it says no lower than 70% ethonal. Did confirm that a branded BP supplier 93 has 9 or 10% guaranteed all year. Was trying to make sure it stayed under 20%.

Car pulled real hard and I can't describe how much smoother it felt. Max KR at WOT from a few different speeds was .8 with a lift knock of 2. Much better than the last week where I was getting up to 3.5 at WOT and an outrageous 5.2 lift knock.

Be careful out there with this winter gas everyone. This is the time to monitor closely.

Rich

 
Bp doesn't make E-85 so ask him what the name is on the side of the truck that delivers it. Then we can dig up the msds for it
 
Went to the track last night and am pretty sure I experienced winter gas syndrome.  Soon as it shifted to 3rd it was shuddering.  Cleared up in 4th.  Best the Bitch ran was 13.32.  Horrible.  It was running that in 90 degree heat, it was low 60's last night.  Waste of time and money.  Next time, I'm adding either 100 octane unleaded or Torco.
 
I would invest in a cheap alcohol tester like I did. Really cleared up the mix information from fuel stations. I test my fuel every time to see what it's at. I have one station that sells straight 91 with 0% E, yet they post on the pump "Contains 10% E". Other places say 10% when it's only at 5%. Made mixing for my car so much easier. I used e98 from then on since it was the fastest solution to mixing.

Now it's almost time to start mixing e98 in the tank while spraying meth. Should be interesting.
 
So a 2011 should be fine with a slight mix (2 gallons) of e85? Also what do you busy consider top tier e85? My car sees either Exxon Mobile 93 Octane or Shell 93 Octane religiously and none of these stations carry e85.
 
Spartn27 said:
So a 2011 should be fine with a slight mix (2 gallons) of e85? Also what do you busy consider top tier e85? My car sees either Exxon Mobile 93 Octane or Shell 93 Octane religiously and none of these stations carry e85.
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I use Shell for 93 and Speedway for E.

Shell is top tier, unsure about Exxon.
 
Spartn27 said:
So a 2011 should be fine with a slight mix (2 gallons) of e85? Also what do you busy consider top tier e85? My car sees either Exxon Mobile 93 Octane or Shell 93 Octane religiously and none of these stations carry e85.
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A lot of stations actually get their gas from the top tier stations anyway. You can usually find out by calling or checking their website
 
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