I've been reading everything I can get my hands on concerning E85, and  
particularly the conversion of non-flex fuel engines to E85. I stumbled across  
this academic study of a Prius where Ethanol was gradually introduced into the  
fuel system in ever increasing percentages. This was done on a dyno with  
considerable data logging. It was determined that, at least in the case of the  
Prius, E85 could be run with NO changes to anything - no larger injectors, no  
re-mapping of the ECU, no increased fuel pressure, nadda, zip, nothing.
 
And, the most interesting part was that with full 85% Ethanol the  car made 
20% more HP and 33% more torque just by simply filling up at the yellow  pump.
 
_www.greenenergynetwork.com/media/studies/prius-e85.PDF_ 
(http://www.greenenergynetwork.com/media/studies/prius-e85.PDF) 
 
Now, my questions is this, is there anyone on this list with  a dyno and a 
wideband who would be interested in attempting some E85  testing with a stock 
Miata?
Jim in Tucson
 
 



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