[Coupes33]

Originally Posted by DR-JEKL

Hmm yeah in the past E85 was good value as even though you used more of it, the savings kinda evened out the price difference with 98.

But at the end of the day its still cheap for race fuel

Yeah, I might look at going back to straight 98 and see what I can get out of it.

[135]

e85 at $1.69/l is ridiculous Equivalent of $2.20/l since it uses 30% extra fuel.
I saw ulp91 for 78c/l yesterday.
pulp98 is 94.7c at Costco, 99.9 at United and 1.03-1.15 at BP.

[jzx_andy]

Paid $1.99/L for e85 while topping up for a hills run today. RIP

[Aus335iguy]

Originally Posted by jzx_andy

Paid $1.99/L for e85 while topping up for a hills run today. RIP

The simultaneous downtrend in crude has coincided with an upturn in the price of alcohol which means the delta between petrol and ethanol has grown.
You couldn't write some of this shit!

[Coupes33]

Originally Posted by DR-JEKL

Hmm yeah in the past E85 was good value as even though you used more of it, the savings kinda evened out the price difference with 98.

But at the end of the day its still cheap for race fuel

I will have to price a 200L drum of Shell Race Blend E85 and see how much a litre it is now just for fun. I have gone back to BP98 with the current version 1 tune at 18psi boost. You certainly can feel a 10psi drop in boost pressure in the performance of the car. As the boost is raised in future versions, it should feel better. I am enjoying being able to just go down the road to fill up with 98 and getting 10.2 L/110km is a large difference compared to 16.4 L/100km with the E85. To fill up with E85 required me driving to and from the closest United servo with E85 which was 50 km round trip. At 16.4 L/100, that meant I used 8.2L ($13.90) of fuel just to fill up. The closest BP servo is a 10km round trip i.e. 1L ($1.34) of 98. The extra range of 200kms a tank is also handy for going for a drive and enjoying the car.

[135]

Around 18 months later and E85 is still $1.69/l, which is the equivalent of ~$2.20/l after taking the extra 30% fuel usage into consideration.

On the other hand, pulp98 has doubled in price from sub-$1/l to around $2/l !!! Although, this seems to be the peak but the trough is still quite high at up to $1.70/l.

Seems to make E85 very worthwhile at the moment for 20c/l more and far higher power for track use. I'd still use pulp98 at its cheapest, especially for the extra range.

I saw a graph recently that showed the low point for the fuel price cycle is now occurring once every five weeks
Some states fared better.

[rev210]

WA has United E85 at $2.10 now.... although 98 is as You say gone right up too.

[Coupes33]

It is amazing how the price of E85 in Australia continues to rise. Here in Brisbane, it is dearer than 98 selling for $2.19.9 per litre. When I started this thread back in March 2020, it was $1.59.9/L. The ethanol is made in Australia and I cannot see how you can justify such a hike in the price of E85 when 85% is ethanol. I can understand due to transport costs rising some increase is expected but how it can be dearer than 98 is unbelievable.

[Aussieatlarge]

Remember when we complained when 98 was $160 a litre. Oh how i long for those days of yore. My 335 gets 8 lph on the freeway at 120. Even trundling around town i can get about 12 lph but as soon as I flog it a few times, it completely destroys the average for the tank amd goes to 17lph.