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Originally Posted by aznatama
Simple.... If you have money to upgrade engine internals, but quality parts, tune, etc. Not to mention you must live near e85 station.
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No need for internals at the 350 level with E85.
You should buy quality parts regardless of power levels, so that's a moot point.
You should also get a quality tune regardless of power level, so another moot point.
Closest E85 station to me is 20 miles away. I get ~240 miles per tank with E85 and a fair amount of boost usage per tank. After calibrating the mpg indicator for E85, it says an average of 22.3 right now. Doing the maths (usually fill around 11 gallons at 240 gallons), I get an average of 21.8 mpg. I'll see 24.x mpg average on the highway sections. I live in the "country" near DFW and I can get to Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Kerrville, etc using just E85 with little to no worries. Plus, if you're even remotely intelligent -and by this I mean just smart enough to listen to your tuner- you will have a map for a pump/E85 mix, and a map for pure pump gas for the times you get stuck out somewhere without E85 (if you go anywhere with that being a possibilty).
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