Hi Mark, Switching to E85 is not as simple as it may seem. E85 vehicles require SS fuel components (lines, injectors, filter, etc.). Rubber lines must be Teflon lined.
My E85 vehicle (Ford Taurus) has lower compression and 2 different fuel maps to switch between. E85 has about a 20% mileage penalty and it only costs about 10% less. Although the car runs better it's a false economy IMO. I did see an E85 Miata (track car) at a NASA event last year but I don't know what he did, if anything, to make it so. See www.e85fuel.com for more info. Hope this helped, Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Cookson Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:44 PM To: miatapower List Subject: E85 in a Miata redux So, after reading the archives, it looks like the question was never actually answered (but boy did it create a long list of people talking about the USA's energy policy!). There was some hand waving about it not being just as simple as putting E85 in your tank and retuning, but no concrete examples of things tried, problems encountered, solutions created, etc. I'm looking to avoid the whole discussion of whether or not this is a good energy policy and mainly wondering if it can be done on a hobby level. Replacing fuel lines, the pump, and injectors seems like an easy task and gives me an excuse to continue to tinker with the Miata. I had considered doing an AC electric motor conversion to the Miata, but that's going to be far more work and far more expensive (like $20k, at least, to do it right). So, has anyone else given any thought to E85 in their Link Miata, and if so, how did it go? Thanks! Mark _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
