E85 Ethanol and Your Old Car

When you start asking questions about convertingyou can't update an old car because the things that
you American classic cars to E85 ethanol, you'll hear ayou need to do it are not built, but cars have been
lot of people telling you that it can't be done,running alcohol on the race track for years, and if
because the alcohol will eat all the rubberthey can run it you can to, the race track is where
components, and to an extent this is true, it will eatmost of the new developments and innovations are
all the rubber components in your fuel system, beingmade for your car.
as how fossil fuels are made from oil, they won't eatI would suggest that you convert your old car to
your rubber components.fuel injection for the best possible results, and the
But don't let this discourage you from convertingbiggest gain for your car, I know how some people
your car to E85, it's a better running, higherthink that you need to keep your old car all factory
performing and cleaner burning fuel for your car, andstock, but it's your car, do what you want to it, it's
to start on your conversion, you might want to startabout time that people begin to update their old cars,
by pulling all of the rubber fuel lines off your car, andand take advantage of some of the new technology
bending up some nice steel fuel lines, and for thosethat is available today, don't listen to nay Sayers, and
areas where you need rubber lines, just go a headdoubters, they don't like old cars any way, and
and use the urethane plastic lines to replace the shortnothing is impossible, your car is only as limited as
sections that you need, you got to remember thatyour imagination.
plastic, while it will bend around corners, it's a lotI'm here to tell you, you can do anything to your old
more likely to kink then rubber is, so use it in ascar that they do to the new ones, maybe not quite
straight of a line as you can.as easy, but remember the old days, we had to build
The fuel lines are the first step, after you get thosemost of the modifications that we wanted on our
done, you'll move on to the major components ofcar, by ourselves, and that is something that you
your fuel system, such as you fuel pump, carburetor,can't do with a new car, if you need help doing a
fuel filter, and the rest of your components thatconversion, then you might want to join our mailing
make up your fuel system, obviously you can getlist because this is one of the subjects that I will
these components from parts sellers like Jegs, andcover in detail in our ezine.
Summit Racing, people have a tendency to think that