Originally Posted by
redfirepearlgt
fuel is too expensive and no e85 near me. e85s lack of mpg efficiency compared to 93 in the end costs way more to use. it is a fantastic fuel option for cars seeing more track and lesw street activity. i found an article where someone did a hard study on which fuel is more cost effective. they went to lengths to create identical conditions. the test route was sandiego to lasvegas. while the e85 was quite a bit less expensive at the time of the test, it ended up costing more to make the round trip. this was a flex fuel vehicle. i had a similar experience when i tried e85 in a flex fuel vehicle when i was in field service. while shell 93 was 5.39 when i filled the tank last week i will get 25% more driving distance or better out of it. believe me, i would gladly run e85 if it were more readily available and i spent more time zt the track mzkinb passes. i only intend a few track passes with this cara year. otherwise its about 0 to 60 times and entrance raml acceleration.....;).
thanks for the info. will look into a 3.55 as i see the 3.73 being a bit short for as much street use as i plan. i dont plan to buy a 17 inch dr setup. i will xtay on the 305 35 20 nitto drs i have on it now. im just not interested in wheel swapping every timei head to the track.