E85 has less energy than petrol so you have to put approximately 1.6 times the amount of e85 than you would petrol. e85 has really good anti knock so you can run more timing ,compression and or boost as most turbo /supercharged are power limited by detonation but even na cars are pulling timing out of engine . E85 good for power not so good for fuel economy but if car is set up to suit you can get reasonable fuel economy and great power. Well that's my uneducated take on it anyway
Yep, never sure what Monstar/Pirate was on about in the past.
Alcohol based fuels have low energy density and carry water since they are unable to have water fully separated from them.
I am unsure why they would be used on a street car, unless much lower priced to account for their lower energy output per litre. Which they aren't.
Mostly based on helping political mates in NSW, in order to look after the sugar industry.
But what would I know, I only studied chemical and mechanical engineering.
