Tom-Guy

Black Friday's over, the gas prices will start going up this week.

89shithatch

i didnt want to mention gas prices because it would jinx it. but im sure people who run off diesel can rant. lol

GhostOfDr.Boost

Costs me less than $30 to fill up now and it's under $100 to fill up the work truck(for the first time in a long time). I'm guessing it will get down to around $1.30 or so. I don't see it dipping below the $1 mark. It just can't.....can it?

Lowest prices here are $1.95 for regular. E85 is actually a bit higher than that for some reason. They finally put 110 octane tags on the E85 out here. I wonder how that ---- would work in my dirtbike?

sexyblackcrx

$1.40 here and falling

Wank.a.lot

it's about $1.75 here. for normal name brand gas.
it's great not spending $40 to fill up a compact car anymore.
wishing i didn't sell my old truck. 12mpg daily driver was killing us though.

MustangC.

1.75ish for reg. like 60 cents a gal higher for 93 which is lame because it use to be only 20 cents. sucks when both your cars combine MPG is less then 30 and both require 93.

not complaining though, if the gas prices stayed right where they are id be happy as can be. i find it funny people stil cry about gas prices when its the cheapest its been in like 4-5 years

Bone1

1.33 will be the bottom

LilWayne

Its like $1.87 here and $2.07 for the shell V-power, Which is all I buy.

$17.50 filled her up and I was very pleased.

---- that $40 to fill a civic

txdohczc

yeah that was insane. my big *** van costs 30-40 fill up now which im really happy about

kain

ethanol is about 33% less efficient than regular octane gasoline. you need to inject about double the amount of ethanol to achieve the same air fuel ratios. for one, you would probably need want to mix it with gasoline. if this is the case, then regular 95% alchy will not be miscible with gasoline since it contains 5% water and will bond with water before gasoline.

what you can do to test this out is buy a hydrometer, and get some Lime (not the fruit) and test to see. if you throw it in the gas from the get go, the alchy will sink to the bottom of the tank.not good. Add some lime to the mix and mix it up and let it sit for a day. you will see it seperate and youll be good to go. mix it with the gasoline, and use the hydrometer to check to see if you have around 85%....

congrats. you now have e85.

the main problem with running alchy is that it cleans everything and loosens everything in your fuel system. from the rubber lines (not really. just replace em and your good ) to the aluminum on your fuel rail ( again, its not noticable, but it does eat it ) and remove and loosen all the gunk and ---- in your tank.

i suggest running your tank low, or removing it, and wash it out with alchy. then change your fuel filter.


after all is said and done, replace your spark plugs for some new ones, and tune for a richer AFR if your running straight Alchy. i believe stoich is 9:1 or something in that ballpark. if its e85, then you can just tune it to be on the rich side of life, and you'll be good.

this is all that ive gathered pretty much. my car is already setup to use alchy. i have a Gm ( i think) alchy sensor hooked into my haltech, and depending on the alchy percentage in the gasoline, it will compensate to add a certain percentage of fuel at a specific level. i just set it to be a rising linear graph and to be unsire about things, i set it to 33% added fuel at 85% alchy level. First i had to go find some e85, and test it out.

works like a charm.


its not the pumpers who decide on the price, its the traders. they trade it around like everything else. its just a good thing the stocks are down as low as they are because it reflects on gas prices.