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Originally Posted by RayRay88
Last I checked, only FT86Motorsports carried E85. You can always import it by the barrel yourself. VP and race gas can be bought by the barrel pretty easily if you know where to check.
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Buying by the barrel is hugely cost prohibitive unless you're only using it for special occasions. You also need to be able to store it properly to keep moisture out of the drum once opened.
A 5 gallon drum (19L) is like $80-$100 Canadian IIRC, and a 55 gallon drum (208L) is like $500-$800 Canadian (depending on brand, etc), plus shipping.
Touge Tuning was selling it for about $2.50/L a while ago, not sure if they still do at all or what the prices are like now.
Assuming the cheapest prices, you're still looking at almost double the cost of pump gas, plus then have to take into account the extra consumption from it burning richer. It's way better than traditional race gas, but still not cheap at all like it is down in the US where it's usually cheaper than regular pump gas.
Not sure about the RaceGas additive, but Boostane would need about 12oz added to a full tank to bring 93 octane up to 100 octane, and a can of 32oz is under $30 Canadian (based on exchange only, haven't looked to buy it locally). Much cheaper than e85 on a per tank basis.