With the talk of the new E-85 fuel becoming more available, I was wondering what yalls thoughts on converting the Hemi to run it. I know that the dealers say not to but I trying to figure out why? Besides requiring a different grade of fuel hose and possible timing issues, what other differences/problems/changes are there between say our engines and the GM flex fuels? Does anyone here run that fuel currently?

 

You just can't "convert" your engine to Flexfuel......Not easily or cheaply that is. It is an involved project and you think you have poor mileage now with your hemi, how about a 30% reduction in mileage using E85, plus engine stalling when the ambient temperature is over 90° or under 0°. Do some in-depth research on E85 and you will find that it is definitely not the answer.

 

E85 is BAAADDD.

This is a horrible idea that our stupid government wants to foist on us and waste our money on. It takes 7 barrels of oil to produce, refine, and distribute 8 barrels of corn baesd E85 Ethanol. That may not look too bad until you realize that there is less harnessable energy in 8 barrels of E85 than 7 barrels of oil. If we all switched to corn based E85 tomorrow then we would be importing more oil than ever and E85 would cost more than regular gas. The only reason is doesn't cost more than gas right now is because Uncle Sam subsidizes it.

Little known E85 Ethanol Fact:

Ethanol cannot be piped in the current oil pipelines that we have in place it corrodes them to badly. All E85 ethanol has to be trucked around in fuel trailers pulled by trucks with diesel engines. One of the reasons why gas spiked in the last few weeks is because Congress passed a law that just went into effect calling for a certain amount of ethanol to be mixed in with pump gas. They cannot pipe the gas and ethanol from the refineries. They are having to pump the gas out to the distribution centers, truck the ethanol to the centers, and then add it to the gasoline right before they truck it to the gas stations we use. That is one reason why prices are up and why there were some gas shortages in regional areas like part of New Jersey a few weeks ago.

 

Very informative Aeroram. Thanks for sharing the facts. My brother-in-law is a manager of a bulk distribution plant and he mentioned what you stated a while back and I kinda snikered. guess I shouldn't have done that as I don't want to loose a chance at a family discount! If that is even possible...

 

It's all about the corn farmer's lobbying groups. After all, the farmers can't live on government subsidies alone.