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i gotta lug 5 gallons of e85 to ohio with me this friday for some ethanol tunage. ive heard stories of ethanol dissolving plastic gas cans. i used the search function and i googled the hell out of it, but couldnt find any definative answers.
anyone know what containers are ethanol compatable (red-gas, blue-kerosene, etc)
travman or shawn help me out
anyone know what containers are ethanol compatable (red-gas, blue-kerosene, etc)
travman or shawn help me out
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^ No man, ethanol should not be harmful to either unless it's in there for a very long time. They sell bottles of liquor in thin-walled plastic bottles. Some of that stuff is almost as potent. Unless it's something else in the mixture, the alcohol should be fine in a gas jug. Plus, most meth injection tanks are plastic aren't they? Methanol isn't much different.
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i never considered that.... i hope you're right man. im a pretty well composed individual, but i think if i drive to ohio and open my trunk to find 5 gallons of alcohol leaked into my car i will run towards the nearest living thing and kill it.
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^ Yeah I hear ya. Do they still sell the large metal gas cans? That may put your mind to ease. Yes they do, I found one here. 5 gallons, just like you wanted. Do you know where this place is? It's right out 22. http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/...g=true&cFlag=1
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i gotta lug 5 gallons of e85 to ohio with me this friday for some ethanol tunage. ive heard stories of ethanol dissolving plastic gas cans. i used the search function and i googled the hell out of it, but couldnt find any definative answers.
anyone know what containers are ethanol compatable (red-gas, blue-kerosene, etc)
travman or shawn help me out
anyone know what containers are ethanol compatable (red-gas, blue-kerosene, etc)
travman or shawn help me out
*edit: not sure if there were ever any other chemicals in the flatter pans, were dry and clean when it was emptied into it. the sides started sinking and you could see it physically making the plastic soft.
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slvrr, where did you say you live again?
http://www.e85refueling.com/
just go to this link, type in your zip and it will show you all the gas stations in your area.
http://www.e85refueling.com/
just go to this link, type in your zip and it will show you all the gas stations in your area.
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I have stock cams. I like them quite a bit. They idle well, have good midrange power, but the top end if lacking. It peters out at the eighth going 100mph and I can only get her to 129 by the end of the track. I think I have some bent valves so maybe that is the problem. But so far after 171,000 miles I can't complain they work fairly well at opening the valves. This is especially true compared to not having cams where the valves don't open nearly as good.