Posted by ChadS on January 16, 2008 at 11:27:22 from (66.228.96.133):
In Reply to: E-85 in a Stock M posted by Madbohemy on January 16, 2008 at 09:30:44:
If the M has over 150 psi of cyl pressure, you can run it at a mixed rate of 75%gasoline, and 25% E85. Will be stronger and not suffer the harder cold startups as bad as if you were to run it straight. Ive ran ethanol for years and years, not one time, did it ever ruin a part on the IH tractor, provided you take the nessisary steps to convert it over. Nothing more than rejetting the carb, and retarding the timing a hair more than stock settings. I have sat down with over 50 of different IH tractors,probably 20 JD 2 cyls, and others,, and converted them over and developed a table of percentage of a mixture, based off the cyl pressure of the engine. Aint had no problems yet out of any of them. If anybody wants to see this mixing list, please email me at ChadS3@hotmail.com for your application. ChadS
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