The seals and gaskets on the vehicle should be able to withstand some ethonol, it says it can run an enthonol blend commonly used which is 10%, so it should be able to withstand it to a point. I have read that older carborated cars its not a good idea because of all the rubber and whatnot used in the carbs. Other sites a read people are successfully running 50% E85 and 50% gas in their cars that were not approved for E85 and none reported any negative effects yet, so thats why i figured i would try. The issue is i can;t adjust my timing as much as it needs for E85, the E85 cars can convert how they run for the fuel to get most efficiency. On the vehicles designed by ford (starting with the 95 Taurus 3.0L) for the E85 it's hard to believe that engine has totally different gaskets and seals as compared to the normal 3.0L. But then again i didn;t build it so who knows. I figured most new engines are physically ok to handle it, but the ignition and comptuer system is not.
i'll report if i have any negative effects down the road
