Dr No[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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The other option is to build the car around E85 . . .
Aug 13, 2019,14:20 PM
. . . which solves most engine problems, and is even less costly than regular gas. (Lower mileage, though, so net fueling costs are about the same.) I don't know if there's a station in your neighborhood that offers it. There's a couple not ten miles from my place, and a few around Torrance (on the way to Maggie's - yay!), so I could potentially go that route.
The problem with E85 is (besides limited local availability) the whole fuel system has to be replaced with materials that won't be corroded by ethanol, including the tank. Modern cars are mostly compliant, but a '72 El Camino would last a few hundred miles before breaking down without a system upgrade. Tough to do in a car that's already put together.
If you're building a car from the chassis up, with a frame from one of the vendors that caters to the muscle car restoration crowd, an E85 solution just might be the ticket. Especially if you live in the eastern half of America, where the fuel is more common than it is in So Cal.
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