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<h1>Running E85 (or E70 or Exx)</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> When running a mix of ethanol and gasoline, you have to account for the difference in fuel makeup when calculating your global fuel adjustment. Some common numbers you'll need for this are provided below. </p> <span class='np_break'> </span> <div class="table"><table class="inline"> <thead> <tr class="row0"> <th class="centeralign"> Fuel </th><th class="centeralign"> Stoich AFR </th><th class="centeralign"> Gas ratio </th> </tr> </thead> <tr class="row1"> <td class="leftalign">Gas </td><td class="rightalign"> 14.7</td><td class="rightalign"> 1.00</td> </tr> <tr class="row2"> <td class="leftalign">E70 </td><td class="rightalign"> 10.6975</td><td class="rightalign"> 0.7287</td> </tr> <tr class="row3"> <td class="leftalign">E85 </td><td class="rightalign"> 9.8526</td><td class="rightalign"> 0.670</td> </tr> <tr class="row4"> <td class="leftalign">E100 </td><td class="rightalign"> 9.0078</td><td class="rightalign"> 0.613</td> </tr> </table> <span class='np_break'> </span> </div> <p> To calculate these values, use the following formula: </p> <p> &lt;% ethanol> * 9.0078 + &lt;% gasoline> * 14.64 </p> <p> For example, for running pure E85, you would use: </p> <p> 0.85 * 9.0078 + 0.15 * 14.64 = 9.8526 </p> <p> The 14.64 figure above comes from the chemically correct stoichiometric ratio of gasoline. A lot more data can be found on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85_in_standard_engines" class="urlextern" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85_in_standard_engines" rel="nofollow">wikipedia E85 page</a>. </p> </div> <h2>Global fuel</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> You have to account for the difference listed above when calculating global fuel for a car running ethanol-based fuel. The simplest way to do this, IMO, is to first calculate a "corrected" injector size and then use the normal global fuel calculations everyone else uses. </p> <p> For example, if you're running 100% E85 with 850 cc/min injectors, your injectors are flowing the equivalent of 570 cc/min injectors on gasoline: </p> <p> 850 * 0.670 = 570 </p> <p> The 0.670 figure comes from the gas ratio column of the table above. </p> <p> So now you can calculate your new global fuel using the standard formulas and 570 cc/min injector size instead of 850. </p> <p> 450 / 570 - 1 = -21% </p> </div> <h2>Running custom mixes</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> If you're running a mix (say 50% E85 and 50% gasoline), then you have to do a little more work. As an example, let's assume you're running 75% E85 and 25% gasoline. The new gas ratio in this case would be: </p> <p> 0.75 * 0.670 + 0.25 * 1 = 0.7525 </p> <p> With that new ratio calculated, you can calculate your effective injector flow rate the same as above. </p> <p> 850 * 0.7525 = 640 </p> <p> So instead of 570 cc/min that results from 100% E85, your injectors will actually flow like 640 cc/min injectors with a 75% E85/25% gas mix. You can then calculate the global fuel same as always. </p> <p> 450 / 640 - 1 = -30% </p> </div>