Hey what would I need to convert to E85 fuel? I am currently getting sick of Chicago 4.50 93 octane gas when I see E85 all around.. What would be needed to convert?

Any one from Denver, I am planning on moving over there and wanted to know how the place is for our Cobalts... as in im currently at 600 FT above sea level and denver is a mile above.. any E85 stations, hows the winters, should i get a truck?

 

Take into account the difference in price between the two and figure in the loss in fuel economy and see if it's still worth it. If there's a big difference in price, it's probably worth your while to look into it. If it's not that much of a difference, it might not be worth it.

At least you're in luck and they've finally got tuning solutions out there for the LNF now.

 

Yep big following of cobalts here in denver, 5280 cobalts is the site and club. I havent looked into E85 stations yet but i maybe soon.

 

Easily fixed with a fuel economy tune. The main reason you usually see more used is because most people switch to E85 to gain power.

 

I was told that e85 is a better deal for the buyer if the margin of price between e85 and whatever gas you currently use is more than 60 cents then it's a good deal. So if e85 was 3.00 and 93 is 3.70 you should be saving money with e85 but vice versa if the margin is smaller. That's what my auto tech teacher said, don't know if that's 100% accurate though.

 

I had a truck rental when my integra was stolen that was flex fuel. I came to realize there is a crap load of E85 gas stations here in Colorado. I had no problem finding them.

I also want to know what I need to become E85. I just saw the news and they said Colorado will be around $4 this summer for 91 octane (which is our highest)

As for winter well its random. March is our snowiest month. Here in Colorado it'll be 10F snowing like crazy then the same day hours later it'll be 50 degrees. From what I can remember it rarely is snowy more than a week time. So winter tires aren't that important IMO. Some people disagree but right now and this whole week we are expected to have spring type weather.

 

Yeah, right now the difference here is only like $.50, and it's not worth it. I'm hoping that E goes back down again over the summer, but who knows.

 

On the SS/SC's, all you need is larger injectors and a tune for E85. With the SS/TC, everyone running E85 is running a mix of E85 and 93 (Varies, usually under 60% E85). Vince of Trifecta is working on trying to make SS/TC's run on pure E85, but he hasn't gotten there yet.