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Old 04-25-2006, 05:01 AM   #18
torquepower
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Location: Mission, BC Canada
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Re: E85 or alternative???

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Originally Posted by red71cheyenne
Hmm, I don't know. All that info on that page, seems to say that if your vehicle wasn't originally designed to handle it, its illegal to convert it due to emissions.....

Running ethanol reduces hydrocarbon emmisions over regular gas, NOx emissions increase a little. We have to have annual emmisions tests here, called AirCare, I've had to use a few tricks over the years to get some vehicles to pass, use ethanol, methylhydrate, turn back the timming, lean out the idle mixture, make it overheat.
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