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Yeah, up until recently, E85 was actually quite a bit cheaper than it is now, and in some places it still is cheaper per mile to run. The "demand exceeding supply" is driving the price up on it actually. In other states where the E85 has to be driven into the holding stations, riding on dino burning trucks, the dino fuel costs are pushing E85 out of reach as a cost effective alternative. One danger of all of this ethanol push is the genetic mutations of the organisms (mainly yeasts) that turn straw/corn stalks/beans/grass/weeds/sugar cane/etc into ethanol is that something could get released into the food chain that we don't want there. In worst case, it could mutate the yeast into plant eating machines that could clear the whole world of vegetation in less than a decade. Wouldn't that be fun?

Let's use the Silverado listed... Today's local E85 price: $2.10 E85 to go 100 miles at 11 MPG = $19.10 E85 to go 100 miles at 14 MPG = $15 Today's premium price: $2.89 Gas to go 100 miles at 15 MPG = $19.27 Gas to go 100 miles at 19 MPG = $15.21 As E85 becomes more available, the price will go down. As production methods improve, the price will go down. I'm not saying we're going to see a buck a gallon or anything, but it is nice to have increasingly better options being forced out of the transportation industry in order to keep internal combustion alive. I don't know about you all, but I can't see myself driving an electric car any time within my lifetime... It would be kinda embarrassing to be going down the road making fart/motor noises as I speed up while remembering "this cool truck I used to have way back when..."

It won't cost more here in Iowa. Mid grade Ethanol blend 89-90 octane is cheaper than 87 octane here, it's the cheapest of all of the choices! The E85 will get the same tax breaks since it's a renewable Iowa resource (actually several midwestern states sell mid grade 15% Ethanol blend cheaper than the 87 octane crap). The Ethanol blends cost you people out of the corn belt more because your state charges more for the taxes on that gas. By the way, find a station here: http://www.e85fuel.com/database/search.php There are only 4 listed in Cali, but tons more are coming everywhere! The higher octane would give you a better margin of saftey with boost. I'd run it if at all possible...

Oh, plus I live right around the corner from work and could walk home in less than 15 minutes. Have another 'rit... why yes I will.... <hicup>

How about replacing it with Dios Aguave Tequila, and or Cava Antigua Tequila direct from Jalisco, Mexico (co worker went on a trip to Puerto Vallarta a month or so ago)... some Juarez Triple Sec... add a few limes, and some Finest Cal 'rita mix... I think we have the greatest boss... She's 4 hours away and never come down to visit!

I've got a list of the GM torsion bars part numbers and wanted to know where the stock SSS torsion bars rate compared to others. Does anyone know? 15048307-LH (code XK) (Max torque 4553) 15048308-RH (code XK) (Max torque 4553) 15048309-LH (code XL) (Max torque 4626) 15048310-RH (code XL) (Max torque 4626) 15712407-LH (code WX) (Max torque 4863) 15712408-RH (code WX) (Max torque 4863) 15048311-LH (code XM) (Max torque 5638) 15048312-RH (code XM) (Max torque 5638) 15058267-LH (code YH) (Max torque 5913) 15058268-RH (code YH) (Max torque 5913) 15712409-LH (code WY) (Max torque 5913) 15712410-RH (code WY) (Max torque 5913) 15528957-LH (code GG) (Max torque 6709) 15528958-RH (code GG) (Max torque 6709) 15712411-LH (code WZ) (Max torque 7267) 15712412-RH (code WZ) (Max torque 7267) 15528963-LH (code GK) (Max torque 8615) 15528964-RH (code GK) (Max torque 8615) 15528965-LH (code GL) (Max torque 8782) 15528966-RH (code GL) (Max torque 8782) 15732338-LH (code XG) (Max torque 9054) 15732339-RH (code XG) (Max torque 9054) 15528959-LH (code GH) (Max torque 7161) 15528960-RH (code GH) (Max torque 7161)

With an octane rating of 100-105 for E85 ethanol, what would need to be changed to run it in an SSS? Timing tables could jump a bit, and you could probably go a bit leaner on cruise modes... Has anyone been doing anything with E85 yet? It's the cheapest gas in Iowa because our taxes are lowest on ethanol blends since it's a renewable Iowa resourse (corn). Stations are starting to carry it more and more... Even mid grade 89-90 octane 15% ethanol is cheaper than 87 octane here...

geesh to make 90HP is easy with just a cam alone on these trucks all you have to do is make sure the guy who told you to bore the engine for no good reason doesnt do the work because you only need to bore the engine if theres a problem with ring seal or some other reason to rebuild the entire engine btw zippy whats wrong with writing without any punctuation I dont see any problem with it other than your sentances can take on an entirely new meaning if people dont know where to stop reading where one thought ends and another begins how that?

I just wanted to chime in that Robert's roll pan is worth every penny! It's ten times higher quality than I got when I ordered a Street Scene's pan for my old S-10. I used white paint as a guide coat (comes in black gel-coat) and block sanded my new BSER roll pan and it barely needs a skim coat to be flat (not wavy and flimsy like the Street Scene one). I'm going to be putting mine on within the next few weeks after I paint it up (as soon as the humidity reaches acceptable levels). Thanks Robert!

Yeah, I've seen that design of engine before too. They had a smaller one with only a dozen or so moving parts that could out power a SBC back in the 80's when Carrol Shelby was looking for something exotic for the Shelby Series 1...

LOL!!! <Simon voice> "Mr. Bush, that was quite possibly the worst 8 years of presidency I've ever seen... Started off well, fell a little in the middle, then went down hill from there. It's a no from me... </Simon voice> I've always voted for whom I liked best, regardless of party. Anyone who votes straight party for that sake alone is closing their eyes to real issues that arrise each day. Some years, the republicans need a chance to run things, others the democrats need to run things. It seems like when Bush went in, things were starting to look up for traditionally Republican items (financial, business, foreign trading), but now are falling down all around him (Bush). Time for a Democratic reform president to get in there, or a Republican with a real people's agenda... Hell, I wouldn't complain about Bush so much if he could deliver a damn speach with fewer **** ups than the local weather man... Or if he didn't look like a puny little geek that you just want to pound the shit out of for no good reason... He can't really be from Texas, can he? If he were the stereotypical Texan, we'd have kicked the shit out of Hussain, bitch slapped Kadhafi, and sicked the porch dog into the caves after Binladin... then had a big 'ol cookout on the white house lawn to celebrate... Put a real Texan cowboy in there!

Great, now I just need to spend money to make enough HP to kill the stock tranny... then spend money and time on the conversion. Anybody know a bank with lax security? Anywhere in the midwest is good... have truck, will travel...