chevybraker

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hello guys i have a 2002 silverado 1500 5.3.. the truck is pertty much bone stock i have a aftermarket muffler on it thats all. the truck gets 12-13 towing the way i drive. with gas now getting over 3.30 a gallon and talk of 5 but the end of summer i cant do that and race every weekend towing 300 miles. i need to get the truck on e85 asap but i need to do it right. so what all will i need? here is my list so far
mods i think ill need
new fuel lines that are e85 safe
maybe a bigger fuel pump
i know ill need a tune atlest but i though i might need bigger then stock injectors so what im asking for input on
im thinking i may also need a afpr to help get enough fuel out of the injectors
as of now i have took all the gas out of the truck and started to remove all my rubber lines. for the tuning i will be getting hp tuners this weekend any help would be great thanks

andrew383

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The milage you get towing will be the milage you get on e85......Even tuned for e85 only you wont get the same mpg,and tuning with hp tuners doesnt happen over night

chevybraker

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never said my mpg would be better it will just be cheaper to fill the truck

quicksilverado

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Your mileage will also be significantly less with e85.

andrew383

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Then whats the point???

KLUG'S SS

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Well take it from somebody (me) who's been running E85 on and off for a year now, as far as saving much money you won't period. It would depend on the difference in price between gas and E85 whether or not you would save anything at all. For quite awhile in my area the E85 was cheaper enough over 93 octane where it was saving me maybe $15-$20 a week and that was also with a few little tricks I did in my tune to help out with my mileage too so really if saving money is what your goal is like what has already been stated with the mileage drop you will get on the E85 it will cancel out the lower cost and it will be a wash, pretty much.

Price has nothing to do with it for me at all because the way I look at even if gas is $5/gal we still all need our vehicles to get where we need to go. My reasoning for running E85 is I make more power on it.

In fact as E85 and 93 oct got within about .40-.50 cents of each other in my area it actually cost me more per mile to run the E85.

chevybraker

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welll e85 is dallor or so cheaper a gallon right now and gas is still going up and e85 aint