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Old 04-25-2007, 05:41 PM
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Ethanol conversion 351w

351w to run on ethanol E-85?

Reading an article on ethanol on standard engines, non Flex fuel type engines states that most fuel injected engines since 1988 have a tolerance to use just 10% ethanol. Reason is that ethanol is corrosive to aluminum, magnesium and most gasket materials rubber, fibre and plastics.

I have been hunting for a fuel conversion kit for ethanol and found one called Flextek. There's a Youtube video about it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l3KbBV5qks

Does anyone have any experience with conversion of a 351w to use ethanol w/o harm to life of the engine? They claim to have sold over 50,000 units in the US.

Questions comments on Flextek?
http://flextek.com/faq.htm

Are there any competitors to Flextek?

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Old 04-26-2007, 06:09 PM
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the alcahol is very corrosive to alluminum , rubber , gasket's,+ other metal's it will etch , so you end up changing alot of component's that you would'nt think you would have to! (pump's, stainless line's,etc) i did alot of research on alternative fuel's, even bought plan's for a still online,+ looked into making bio-deisel, its gonna be great when they make it affordable enough for the average person to do. good luck to you i hope you can pull it off
 
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I'm doing an E85 motor that you may be interested in checking out:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...e-a-motor.html
 
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