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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar
Arghx7, was that the "E85 boost" engine that was showcased several years ago? It had a separate but smaller fuel tank for E85 that was designed to last multiple fill ups due to it only used E85 under heavy loads.
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That was a Ford program, using direct injected E85 as a knock suppressant for a twin turbo 5.0 engine (or something built off that architecture). It was intended as a possible replacement for a diesel, because of the expensive emissions equipment required for diesels. I know a few guys who worked on some of the testing of the prototypes. I'm not sure if the program is still around or not. That was in-house stuff done in Ford's Michigan labs to explore a specific commercial application. This information I'm referring to is an MIT study released in April with funding from a group of companies including GM. It's more about basic R&D and was not part of developing a specific engine.