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Old 05-24-2021, 07:08 AM   #1
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Pump gas vs E85 on engine strain

I've heard around 215kw/300hp is the safe zone for stock internals and transmission, but I often see cars hitting this, but also going way over with E85, so I was wondering if E85 lets you push more power with less strain on the engine?

Or does pushing a certain amount of power put the same load on the engine no matter whether petrol or ethanol based? Maybe a silly question but just curious since I often see this kind of stuff and am not sure if I'd be putting my engine at risk

For example I'm interested in going for this Harrop SC and it lists the power output as 225kW. I wanted to go flex fuel too but I'm afraid that pushing >225kW with E85 would be risky
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