I have been getting a hard-on for this lately... we need to find a way to start growing our own fuel. I use to be very against ethanol because of corn lobbyists making money and I had a thought it was responsible for carbon buildup in engines.... but now that I am a bit more educated we have a fuel that:
1) grows back every year
2) is environmentally friendly (even hippie's love it because the amount of carbon produced by burning ethanol is essentially the same as if the corn were allowed to decay naturally)
3) keeps our greenbacks right here in the good-ole USA
4) is 105 octane :shock:
Unfortunately I don't our BMWs (new or old) can run them because of emissions reasons. Things like the fuel injectors would be injecting for gas at a lower octane fuel and maybe the spark wouldn't be long enough in duration to burn all of the ethanol... but isn't this just an ECU programming issue? Granted any reprogramming of an engine that isn't a Flex Fuel engine like the ones GM has been making for years would basically mean you would have to reprogram if you drove away from the scarce E85 pump stations, but man... for $0.75 to $1.00 cheaper than regular gas prices, let alone premium... I'd do it.
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1) grows back every year
2) is environmentally friendly (even hippie's love it because the amount of carbon produced by burning ethanol is essentially the same as if the corn were allowed to decay naturally)
3) keeps our greenbacks right here in the good-ole USA
4) is 105 octane :shock:
Unfortunately I don't our BMWs (new or old) can run them because of emissions reasons. Things like the fuel injectors would be injecting for gas at a lower octane fuel and maybe the spark wouldn't be long enough in duration to burn all of the ethanol... but isn't this just an ECU programming issue? Granted any reprogramming of an engine that isn't a Flex Fuel engine like the ones GM has been making for years would basically mean you would have to reprogram if you drove away from the scarce E85 pump stations, but man... for $0.75 to $1.00 cheaper than regular gas prices, let alone premium... I'd do it.
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