HemiSport

Smart Car EVO?

holiday63

iTrader: (23)

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

Thegame

iTrader: (26)

^ 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.

holiday63

iTrader: (23)

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.

Thegame

iTrader: (26)

^ 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

holiday63

iTrader: (23)

you're the man. that place is right before wal-mart (coming from murrysville) on the left i think.

Thegame

iTrader: (26)

Yep, make a left at the stoplight at Watson's Chevrolet and go up the hill. It's right in back of Watson's.

Peteypab2133

iTrader: (27)

Red works just fine. Green/black flat pans melt in less than 20 minutes, and the blue ones i have yet to test. I had 2 red cans, one filled with E85 and the other with Q 16 and both sat for about 2 weeks no problem.

*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.

holiday63

iTrader: (23)

^^ thanks eric, you may have saved me some $

slvrr

iTrader: (16)

How accessable is E85 around the pittsbugh area?

holiday63

iTrader: (23)

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.

MondoBongo

iTrader: (10)

i know for sure that sheetz on 22 in monroeville, sheetz on 51 in pleasant hills, and sheetz up in wexford on 19 have it.

JMCZ

who has cams in their car. What kind and how do you like them?

dan l

iTrader: (3)

I don't know why you guys would want to run E85. It doesn't really do anything except attract water and cause your car to not start when its cold out.

dan l

iTrader: (3)

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.