More E85 Blog/blather

[discopotato03]

Cant help myself this time , something for petrol heads to think about and a bit of drag queen drama blog over C02 and global warming .

http://blogs.drive.com.au/2008/07/v8_supercar_greenwash.html

Something to read if theres nothing doing ATM .

Enjoy , A .

Edited October 18, 2008 by discopotato03

[zebra]

Intersting Call on whether it does actually Lower emissions...30% more fuel usage..but does it create 30% less emissions into the atmosphere.

[discopotato03]

I'm not so sure the tip in 30% more fuel idea is what you have to do real world . E85's ability to run more advanced timing I think means the mixture strength may not have to alter as much as say ULP to make the same torque numbers .

Also to some degree spraying in a bit more (by comparison) can have some advantages like evaporative cooling (charge air cooling) so it's not all necessarily bad . I think it's a case of a bit more ign advance/a bit more charge cooling/a bit of this a bit of that and over all making it all work in positive ways .

It's early days for tuning E85 in Australia and I have every confidence that Ausie tenacity (Sp ?) will ring every ft/lb out of this stuff - given time .

The BIG thing is getting the fuel distributors to market it everywhere and what's holding that up is the lack of flex fueled OEM cars . SAAB has one and the FF'd VE Commode Door is supposed to be in the pipe . It's a sort of chicken and egg thing with the chichen run being expensive (I did read US 200G to install approved E85 tank and pumps) and a luke warm interest in the eggs . The fuel suppliers want to be confident that their investment in equipment is not wasted so the toe in the water exercise can take time .

Overseas there have been tax breaks with E85 and it remains to be seen whether our Governments will favour incentive over revenue . If it gets tax breaks here the cost/consumption ratio needs to be line ball or better to encourage Mr Mrs people mover to buy it . We as "timing lords" want it for other reasons but we are a very small component of the buying public .

In time , cheers A .

[Guilt-Toy]

it does lower emissions. i proved it.

[adgey]

it does lower emissions. i proved it.

[discopotato03]

Said to have more hydrogen and less carbon than ULP so on the swings and roundabouts less C02 you'd think . Have seen mention of much less HC and with lower combustion temps possibly less nitrogen oxide aka NOx .

Like all consumer goods the focus is on price , some want the physical benefits and others get wet over the "green" aspects . If you can have it all go for it - I wish the fuel suppliers would .

A .