Gadget Turns Your Car into Fuel Efficient Vehicle
Posted: August 17, 2006
A UK based company called Green Fuels has figured out a way to make your car run on cheaper fuel while still boosting your power. Its matchbox-sized gadget, called the Fullflex Gold Bi-Fuel Manager, plugs into your fuel hungry car’s ECU and takes a well trained mechanic about an hour to fit. Green Fuels’ Fullflex Gold Bi-Fuel Manager allows your car to run on E85 bio-ethanol, normal unleaded or any mix of the two. Its costs £450 and is available from Green Fuels.
Source: TopGear
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I thought most recent gas engines could already run using ethanol mixed in with the gas.
Doesnt E85 get worse gass milage than regular gas? I read in consumer reports that E85 gets about 30% less mpg than regular. They also said that most ethenol these days is corn based which cost something like 4 bucks a gallon! If this is true why would anyone want this?
Does anyone know how much E85 costs? and what kind of mpg it gets?
FYI:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/01/tech/main1673113.shtml?source=RSS&attr=SciTech_1673113
http://www.fiveregionsofthefuture.com/region/entries/EthanolPowersSaab’sBiopowerTurboEngine
http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2005/10/diesel_vs_biopo.html
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/04/28_steilm_e86sales/