Tuning fuel Debate!

Lowdownlancer

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Okay, im wanting to create a debate. This is all theoretically speaking with no results but will get the community thinking.

Tuning a car on e10?

Here is my POV and wanting to know what others think?

Power gains would be better than 91 and 95 with a forced induction due to the 10% of ethanol added, fuel is cheaper, e10 is EVERYWHERE.

Why is this not a good idea? Hypothetically, you would do the basics, e10 fuel lines, pump, injectors etc etc to support it. What else would be stopping this from being possible?

Remember guys whom participate, no mocking, no rude comments, nothing uncivil, this is a debate and hypothetical thinking.
 
Generally speaking, e10 fuel is around 94-95 octane, and is made up from the 91 crap at the bottom of the barrel mixed with some crap at the bottom of the barrel ethanol. If it was made with a quality made 91, and pure ethanol, it would be a brilliant middle range fuel, but its the mutt of fuels. To get into the nitty gritty, the 10% ethanol should negate any of the negatives of the fuel by cleaning and cooling, but youre not really gaining anything either because of the *poo*ty petrol component.
I'd personally stick to 98 or e85, as on 98 there are additional detergents in the fuel and it has a higher octane rating, and e85 is a brilliant cleaner, cooler burn with higher octane again and a fair few other good points.

The entire OEM fuel system on the CE is compatible with ethanol, its only the flow capacity that needs improving if you run a higher concentration of ethanol
 
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Really? Thats crazy, you will find e10 everywhere in QLD and NT.

Bit more tropical heat in Qld and NT, so the sugar cane and sorghum grain grows easier, plus i believe Australia's ethanol refineries (distilleries?) are all based in in Qld so its a much more local production
 
Gotta love that they can't calculate percentages very well...

"The biobased petrol mandate requires that 4% of the total volume of regular unleaded petrol sales and ethanol-blended fuel sales by liable fuel retailers must be biobased petrol (ethanol). For example, if 4 out of every 10 litres of regular petrol sold by a petrol station (or group of petrol stations) were E10"

"4 out of every 10 litres of regular petrol sold"

If my maths correct, that would be 40% right?
 
Gotta love that they can't calculate percentages very well...

"The biobased petrol mandate requires that 4% of the total volume of regular unleaded petrol sales and ethanol-blended fuel sales by liable fuel retailers must be biobased petrol (ethanol). For example, if 4 out of every 10 litres of regular petrol sold by a petrol station (or group of petrol stations) were E10"

"4 out of every 10 litres of regular petrol sold"

If my maths correct, that would be 40% right?
4lts out of every must be e10, which works out to be 4% of ethanol per 10lt. Maybe its a little vague in description but ye. 4% is also wrong for 4l of e10 because ethanol is less dense again lol
 
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