A&Q about 350Z
Q:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060810/AUTO01/608100373/1148/AUTO01
Wow, what an advancement.
;)
1976 280Z
Draw-Through Turbo, 10 PSI, 4 Bbl Holley, E88, L28 (Flat), 10:1 CR, 5 Spd
1974 Corvette Stingray:
350, 400 Automatic, T-Tops, 8.5:1 CR, 78,000 Miles
1994 Acura Integra:
1.8L, 5 Spd, 189,000 and Counting!
A:
thats fairly useless, they are propably gonna charge $3k more for this and you have to be fairly out of your zone to forget your gas cap, its like forgetting to put on underwear....
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1981 n/a 280zx
1952 m38a1 jeep willy's
1971 fairlady 240z
95 300zx N/A
72 240z
A:
i'll rather stuff a sock in the filler than put yellow gas cap.
A:
Yeah that's stupid, why do they waste peoples time with this? It's just a marketing scam to try and sell that E85 slosh...
85' 300ZX NA
86' 300ZX Turbo
88' 300ZX Turbo
89' 300ZX Turbo
300ZX Turbo Project
A:
E85 is more expensive, hurts gas mileage, hurts performance, is hard to find, and takes more energy to produce than what it puts out.
Why the hell do I want this stuff?
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1976 Datsun 280Z 2+2:
-'81 L28ET with 1984 Z31 ECCS
-'81 Turbo snowflakes
-205/60/15 BFG G-Force Sports
-Tokico springs and HP shocks
A:
Uh oh...not this again...
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1990 300zx NA
- Custom Exhaust
- JWT Pop Charger
A:
stupid hippies and their ethanol propaganda.
1972 240z w/L28, tokico shocks and springs, and a 5 speed waiting. Also running high performance ultra mega blinker fluid, that's at least an extra 50hp to the wheels.
1987 Toyota Supra Turbo 5-speed. Belongs to me until my friend get's back from Iraq.
A:
"BioPower 9-5 2.0t model provides 180 bhp when running on E85 as compared with 150 bhp on gasoline. This is a result, Jonsson notes, of the higher octane of E85, which means the ignition timing can be advanced. Saab engineers worked with GM engineers in Brazil, where there are vehicles that run on E100—all ethanol, not cut with 15% gasoline like E85. The Saab engine modifications for E85 included reprogramming the engine management system (for the adjustments of the ignition as well as the fuel-air mixture; it should be noted that the system senses whether the vehicle is using E85 or gasoline, as it can run on both) and deploying more durable valves and valve seats, as well as using ethanol-compatible materials in the fuel system."
So perhaps a L28ET running MS would be the right thing to use ethanol-based biofuels in, it would seem.
It isn't like the majority of car people have a aversion to modifying their cars, especially with something that can be undone so easily.
Unless your car happens to be n/a.
A:
Producing just 10% of U.S. gasoline transport needs with corn-based ethanol would take 45% of 80 million acres of U.S. corn crop area. Producing all U.S. gasoline fuel transport needs would take more than all crop acres combined (i.e. more than 450 million acres).
How much bambi habitat should we plow down to avoid using gasoline?
Stupid hippies.
Alex Avery
Director of Research
Hudson Institute's Center for Global Food Issues
'77 280Z
'69 2000 roadster (fathers, but I'm the pseudotechnician)
A:
Come on Alex... let's not use the old scare tactic... even those backing corn-based ethanol admit they wouldn't be able to meet all the demand. Cellulosic ethanol is the next wave... once the technology becomes efficient enough. And that will happen at some point.
And the "more energy" thing is one folks can go round and round on as some research says just the opposite as some of those studies ignored certain things or didn't do an apples to apples comparison, i.e., some counted wages of ethanol plant workers but didn't count oil refinery workers' wages.
There's an old saying... you can make statistics say what you want them to.
Roger
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab
1986 300ZX 2+2 NA 5spd
It's funny until someone gets hurt. Then, it's hilarious!
A:
Roger, you can't squeeze blood from a stone. Cellulosic ethanol isn't anywhere close yet. It might come fast if there's a breakthrough, but currently the enzymes needed can't tolerate even moderately high alcohol levels -- an absolute necessity for efficient cellulosic ethanol.
There are now about 5 independent analyses that say you get at most 30% more energy than you put in, so it takes about 6 gallons of ethanol to offset one of gasoline (1 gal of ethanol has 15% less energy than 1 gal of gasoline, so do the math and you get 6:1). What a bargain.
The current corn ethanol program is exactly what most have said for years -- a farm-vote payoff (and massive subsidy for ADM and farmer co-ops) from politicians all too willing to toss YOUR money to buy key swing votes.
I'll ask again -- in a world that farms 37% of total global land area already(including Antarctica, 11% cropland and 26% pasture and rangeland) and expecting 50% population growth over next 50 years and many more of those newly arrived humans demanding (and being able to pay for) high quality, high protein diets: HOW MUCH BAMBI HABITAT DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY FOR FUEL?
Nuf said (I do this for a liviing and have a White Paper on this very topic out next month).
Alex Avery
'77 280Z
'69 2000 roadster (fathers, but I'm the pseudotechnician)
A:
"This is a result, Jonsson notes, of the higher octane of E85, which means the ignition timing can be advanced"
Who cares. Set the timing anywhere you like and it won't change the FACT that Ethanol has less power per gallon that gasoline. Less power means more fuel flow means less mpg.
As fas as the capless gas filler, it's not that that big of deal one way or another (well, unless you use methanol and have to fill up twice as often it may be handy).