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Originally Posted by beepbeep View Post
I drove my turbocharged (and DIY-converted) cars on E85 for 7 years. Unfortunately, government is not subsidizing it any more so it is not worth it.

But I could run more boost, have more aggressive ignition and produce more torque on E85 than on gas. E100 would be perfect from power perspective, (but tricky in cold weather).
Ethanol is less energy dense, but it can produce more power. Mileage sucks though in that case because you run it much richer to produce that power.

In testing E85 had about 65-70% the range of E0 in the same car, same driving conditions. But the 0-60 was .1 second quicker with E85.
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