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Old 09-09-2012, 09:40 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Newlin View Post
That's the position I'm sort of in. e85 is currently $2.99 in town while regular is almost $3.96.

After I get it tuned could I run both types of gas without issue?

Unfortunately no. You would have to reprogram the PCM each time you wanted to switch from E85 to regular gas and vice versa.

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Originally Posted by zearchyo View Post
i think e85 may eat thru ur plastics and rubber seals in ur fuel system. I think i have heard of this somewhere not sure were.

Actually as long as you increase the flow in your entire fuel system by 30% it won't eat through the plastics and rubber seals.
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