Switch from 93 to e85 easier

[guybo]

Maybe if you switched weekly for the lifetime of the car MAYBE you'd go through 650 gallons of fuel getting the tank low? You think?

[Grady]

Originally Posted by guybo

Maybe if you switched weekly for the lifetime of the car MAYBE you'd go through 650 gallons of fuel getting the tank low? You think?

Gasoline is the cheep part of this equation.

Say you spend 45 min using up gas.

Average 50 mile an hour.

37.5 miles x wear and tear .55(Gov average) =$20.63. Gas would be around $4 of this

Time
If you would just work more than driving =$41.25(If you make 110K a year)
If you work at McDonalds =$11.25
If you drive instead of spending time with your family =Priceless.

Math comes up to just under 8 conversions to pay for the $500 kit on the first one.
Even the MacDonalds employee is under 16 Conversions.

Not picking on MacDonalds employees! Anyone that works and supports them self’s I have respect for!

Just rough numbers and estimates. You can adjust your time and values to whatever fits your situation. May make sense to you may not.

[Riftur]

I only make the change maybe once a year if? I kept it on e85 till the hurricane started coming toward us.

[Riftur]

If I was switching back and forth all the time I would invest the money but that is not the case.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Riftur

I only make the change maybe once a year if? I kept it on e85 till the hurricane started coming toward us.

Originally Posted by Riftur

If I was switching back and forth all the time I would invest the money but that is not the case.

Yep. For once a year in special circumstances the whole kit is maybe not the best option.
If switching back and forth weekly or between tanks the kit is. Would just take one time to forget to change the tune and your engine could be toast.

[Grady]

Originally Posted by Riftur

I only make the change maybe once a year if? I kept it on e85 till the hurricane started coming toward us.

Oh geese! You started this thread on what a pain it is and what can you do to make it easier. Now it no big deal you only switch once a year.

I am out!!!!!!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Grady

Oh geese! You started this thread on what a pain it is and what can you do to make it easier. Now it no big deal you only switch once a year.

I am out!!!!!!

Rift is ok. He is still learning. At least he wants to actually learn!

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by Grady

Oh geese! You started this thread on what a pain it is and what can you do to make it easier. Now it no big deal you only switch once a year.

I am out!!!!!!

If I remember correctly I asked a very specific question about siphoning gas to make it easier. Everyone else went into all kinds of other stuff. That is not my fault. I stated a reason for it and asked for an opinion since there is no info I found when searching around.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Riftur

So it is really a pain for me to switch and I am trying to make it easier. Since there is only 1 station around me that has e85 and most of my driving is going to work and home. usually i drive as many time as possible back and forth to work. each day uses just under 1/4 a tank and then I have to drive around to just waste gas to get it a low as possible. So i was thinking of buying a siphoning pump and would like peoples opinions. DO you think the below pump would work well and is worth it? It will need a 5 gallon tank.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...LI6HNLMP&psc=1

Originally Posted by Riftur

If I remember correctly I asked a very specific question about siphoning gas to make it easier. Everyone else went into all kinds of other stuff. That is not my fault. I stated a reason for it and asked for an opinion since there is no info I found when searching around.

Well Rift the way you wrote it does make it sound like you do it all the time!

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well Rift the way you wrote it does make it sound like you do it all the time!

It seemed like it was a weekly occurrence the way it was worded.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Cole

It seemed like it was a weekly occurrence the way it was worded.

Well, if I recall correctly, for a while there last year hurricanes were about a weekly occurrence.

[guybo]

Originally Posted by Grady

Gasoline is the cheep part of this equation.

Say you spend 45 min using up gas.

Average 50 mile an hour.

37.5 miles x wear and tear .55(Gov average) =$20.63. Gas would be around $4 of this

Time
If you would just work more than driving =$41.25(If you make 110K a year)
If you work at McDonalds =$11.25
If you drive instead of spending time with your family =Priceless.

Math comes up to just under 8 conversions to pay for the $500 kit on the first one.
Even the MacDonalds employee is under 16 Conversions.

Not picking on MacDonalds employees! Anyone that works and supports them self’s I have respect for!

Just rough numbers and estimates. You can adjust your time and values to whatever fits your situation. May make sense to you may not.

1) my entire life is not working. I converted on my off time. I lost no money due to lot working. That's a dumb part of the equation.

2) I converted when I already needed gas. I think I may have driven an extra 5 miles (I took the opportunity to do a couple 0-60 runs to compare)

IT took me very little time and almost no extra money. Your example is pretty much retarded because someone would have to be a moron to do what you did there. Fail

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well Rift the way you wrote it does make it sound like you do it all the time!

I just wanted to know if anyone siphoned gas doing the switch to e85 and if the product I was looking at would work. I can not believe this thread is still going honestly.

[PetrolioBenzina]

OP, if you consider driving around to use 1/4 tank "to just waste gas", perhaps you "bought the wrong car". Surely there is some stretch of road even if FL that would be a fun way to "waste gas".