[DeTomaso] Jay Lenos E85 powered Vette

[adin at frontier.net]

Bwahahaha, were you out of the 1/4" idle jets?  GM spent some $ on the  
"runs on anything" new trucks so they WILL run on corn sqeezins.  
(computers, mapping, black magic and some voodoo)

Mr. Leno, besides the 4 hangar size buildings, has a "staff" that will  
probably do road service. (as opposed to my ex, all the neighbors, and  
4 towing services that won't answer the phone if my name is on the  
caller ID)

Yet another case for wide-band sensors?

David, we used to drink that stuff





Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> I realize most of you are only joking about this, but-we actually tried it
> and had trouble with commercial 10% alcohol in gasoline in CA. Adding alky
> changes the density of the fuel, and the 11:1 engine not only   
> wouldn't start on the
> starter, it pinged and pre-ignited at fast-idle, not from low octane but from
> leanness- apparently the stuff wouldn't flow thru the idle jets in enough
> quantity to keep the motor running and ran awful on the main jets.   
> If you want to
> be 'greener', figure on a lengthy rejetting session and probably some timing
> changes if the engine has been at all changed from stone-stock. At   
> the end, it
> may be worth it if there's lots of stations around your area, but if not,
> carry a flashlight, tools, jets and a notebook on the 'plain-gas'   
> tune and the
> 'e-85' tune, if you're on the road. Mr Leno doesn't seem to drive very long
> distances- usually flying in & borrowing someone's car if he goes   
> out of downtown
> Burbank, and likely has a good towing service included on his fleet insurance
> policy. Good luck- J DeRyke
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