The only way I would consider switching to ethanol is if I decided to brew
my own.  Not terribly difficult and it seems that costs generally run in the
.75 to 1.25 per gallon range (after the cost of the still).  Not bad...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Tom Forhan
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:34 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Engine modifications needed to run E85?

If you are successful in converting, don't forget that
your mileage will decrease significantly and total
fuel costs will increase about 10-20%.

For instance, see:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/byfuel/FFV2006.shtml
where you can see side by side comparisons of the same
vehicle running the different fuels.

--- Dyer Lytle <dyer@LPL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since I am rebuilding a digijet based wasserboxer
> for
> my 84 westy, I was interested in the story on 60
> minutes
> last night about the ethanol based E85 that is being
> used
> in some parts of the country. (and widely in Brazil)
>
> Does anyone know what modifications would be needed
> to the digijet system to make it compatible with
> E85?
> I suspect the injectors might need to be replaced,
> is the
> fuel pressure a consideration?  What about the
> catalytic
> converter?  Thanks for any useful information about
> this.
>
>   -Dyer Lytle in Tucson
>

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