Agreed, Ray. Our Prius is the next generation, and even though it is paid for I don't really plan on risking an E85 experiment anytime soon. But, if someone else did the dirty work, testing, etc., I'd love to run E85 in the Prius. The 2gen Prius is no slouch, but it is the closest thing to a limp biscuit on wheels. It could certainly use the extra power, and from a geo-political point of view I'd gladly spend more per mile to send less of my money to the Arab countries. We may be the evil Satan, but we don't have to be the evil stupid Satan. Jim in Tucson Planning an E85 EVO Wishing for an E85 Prius Missing his Miata :-( In a message dated 6/15/2008 8:30:22 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For those of you that own a similar Prius and want to try it yourself, keep in mind that you will have to increase the %ethanol as slowly as was done in the test (same for switching back) because the ECU adapts only very slowly. Perhaps future versions will have their ECUs reprogrammed to switch quickly like flex-fuel ECUs. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:02 AM Subject: E85 and factory ECU - NMC 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 ____________________________________ Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. _City's Best 2008_ (http://citysbest.aol.com/?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) . ____________________________________ _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)
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