Post your local E85 prices

[spitfire481]

Originally Posted by fooddude

What happens if your car is tuned for e85, then all of a sudden due to some unforeseen circumstances (like during a far roadtrip, or middle of the late night, or driving to a far away track day, or driving out of state, etc., etc.) you find yourself needing to fuel up in an unfamiliar or remote area but can only find reg gas...will your e85 tuned car still run on reg gas in case of emergencies? If not, then an e85 tuned/running car seems like a big hassle and handicap.

Also, anyone know where to get e85 in south orange county ca?? I see there's 1 in fullerton in one of the previous links; but a bit far.

search flexfuel. it uses an ethanol sensor to adjust the tune for ethanol content. so you can run standard pump gas, e85, or any mix in between

[fooddude]

Originally Posted by spitfire481

search flexfuel. it uses an ethanol sensor to adjust the tune for ethanol content. so you can run standard pump gas, e85, or any mix in between

Thanks. Nice. Looks perfect for this application and to run e85 mixtures ...but..$850?!?! Lol...I'll pass.

[olorin]

Its important to note that while it is cheaper, gas milage is usually much crappier. Not to say its not worth it.

[ML]

why is it there are only 2 places in charlotte that sell e85, and nothing within 20 miles of me :'(

[mid_life_crisis]

Originally Posted by Allch Chcar

Actually, Corn Ethanol is cheaper to grow and distill than Gasoline. From actually looking into current costs and the market. Due to a difference in BTU content and market prices, it varies which is cheaper to use on a cost per mile basis. E85 is taxed too and some states even tax E85 by gallon instead of by BTU content. Making the effective tax higher than Gasoline.

Really pathetic thing is that there are much better crops to grow for fuel than corn. There are grasses that yield a far higher energy factor.

[Allch Chcar]

Originally Posted by fooddude

What happens if your car is tuned for e85, then all of a sudden due to some unforeseen circumstances (like during a far roadtrip, or middle of the late night, or driving to a far away track day, or driving out of state, etc., etc.) you find yourself needing to fuel up in an unfamiliar or remote area but can only find reg gas...will your e85 tuned car still run on reg gas in case of emergencies? If not, then an e85 tuned/running car seems like a big hassle and handicap.

Also, anyone know where to get e85 in south orange county ca?? I see there's 1 in fullerton in one of the previous links; but a bit far.

You get a Pump gas tune and an E85 tune. Or you can buy a flexfuel kit.

Check E85prices.com they update and add stations as they come online.

Originally Posted by w00t692

You know what's lacking in here? A sweet shot of the pump showing the beautiful octane rating of E85



Also it's 2.89 here

FYI, that Octane rating was proven to be incorrect years ago. It's really 95-96 AKI if when they're mixing it with 87 AKI Gasoline. It will be less now that many refineries use 85 AKI blendstock. The Gasoline portion can significantly bring down the octane rating.

Originally Posted by mid_life_crisis

Really pathetic thing is that there are much better crops to grow for fuel than corn. There are grasses that yield a far higher energy factor.

Yes but they cost far more to refine. Growing it is only a small part of the cost of Alcohol. Sugar is easier to distill than Corn(which contains starch). Corn is easier than cellulose (Switchgrass). POET has a cellulose plant and they recently bragged about getting their distillation cost to around $2.5x per gallon. By comparison, the cost to distill Sugar and Corn is about $1.30-$1.40 a gallon depending on feedstock prices.

[w00t692]

The way E85 helps make the power it does has almost nothing to do with it's octane rating anyways. The octane rating means nothign with E85, you can advance the timing 8-10 degrees past MBT and it will still resist knock. It's relatively dangerous to go crazy tuning it without a dyno for this reason. If you already know where MBT is for pump gas though, knock yourself out.

Anyways, it's still cool to see 105 octane on that sticker lol.

[E85Prices]

Morning Guys ... We track E85 Prices and I was looking to see if Subaru or Scions offered any flex fuel vehicles yet and found your discussion on E85 prices.

Anyway wanted to give you guys that use E85 a heads up ..

Ethanol prices at the Chicago Board of Trade has been climbing and then spiked the past couple weeks .

There is no shortage of ethanol , corn prices didn't go up but rather they are having issues getting rail cars out of Chicago , first it was the hard winter and then a shortage of rail cars . So Ethanol Prices spiked..

So expect to see the price spread between E85 and Gasoline continue to narrow for the next few weeks .. hopefully everything gets back to normal soon .


Still some excellent price spreads around the Country , just letting you know when you see E85 almost the same as Gasoline in some areas ..that is what is going on.


Retail Stations that are dealing Directly with their local ethanol plants will still see great price spreads ..

[Boss Paco]

E85 is as much as gas in Oklahoma right now. Some of our stations are having a hard time with availability.

[reeves]

Originally Posted by E85Prices

Ethanol prices at the Chicago Board of Trade has been climbing and then spiked the past couple weeks .

There is no shortage of ethanol , corn prices didn't go up but rather they are having issues getting rail cars out of Chicago , first it was the hard winter and then a shortage of rail cars . So Ethanol Prices spiked..

So expect to see the price spread between E85 and Gasoline continue to narrow for the next few weeks .. hopefully everything gets back to normal soon .

Still some excellent price spreads around the Country , just letting you know when you see E85 almost the same as Gasoline in some areas ..that is what is going on.

Retail Stations that are dealing Directly with their local ethanol plants will still see great price spreads ..

It didn't seem to affect the prices down here.. E85 is always around $0.20 to $0.40 lower in price than Regular Unleaded. Some local stations are just perpetually higher in E85 price.. others are always lower.

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by E85Prices

Morning Guys ... We track E85 Prices and I was looking to see if Subaru or Scions offered any flex fuel vehicles yet and found your discussion on E85 prices.

Anyway wanted to give you guys that use E85 a heads up ..

Ethanol prices at the Chicago Board of Trade has been climbing and then spiked the past couple weeks .

There is no shortage of ethanol , corn prices didn't go up but rather they are having issues getting rail cars out of Chicago , first it was the hard winter and then a shortage of rail cars . So Ethanol Prices spiked..

So expect to see the price spread between E85 and Gasoline continue to narrow for the next few weeks .. hopefully everything gets back to normal soon .


Still some excellent price spreads around the Country , just letting you know when you see E85 almost the same as Gasoline in some areas ..that is what is going on.


Retail Stations that are dealing Directly with their local ethanol plants will still see great price spreads ..

Welcome!! They are between 2.99 to 3.19 in Miami.

In the last few weeks it has gone up to 3.33

[clayrush]

E-85 hit 4.35 at my normal fill up spot in Fairfield Ca. It's about 4.19 in Concord CA
91 oct is about 4.05 - 4.25 at most places near me.

[Vlady]

$2.99 in PA

[reeves]

Originally Posted by reeves

It didn't seem to affect the prices down here.. E85 is always around $0.20 to $0.40 lower in price than Regular Unleaded. Some local stations are just perpetually higher in E85 price.. others are always lower.

I stand corrected.. the price has been steady, but the Ethanol content seems to have been diluted.. essentially, making the price per gallon go up.

I was at E63 on my last tank, and had 3.6 gallons left when I filled up according to Torque app (fuel gauge was right at the 1/4 marker). I topped off at the station I always fill up at, and now I'm only at E65 after an hour (and 50+ miles) of driving.

I've been filling up at this station almost exclusively too.. their Ethanol % never read lower than E76 during the past few months. At least not until this week.