# Bio ethanol powered lotus.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [November 19, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307 "2006-11-19T09:19:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/1 "2006-11-19T09:19:16Z")

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[http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/11-17-06page-Lotus-Exige-265E.htm](http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/11-17-06page-Lotus-Exige-265E.htm)

pretty cool stuff.

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**Author:** ![SCHMEIDER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/schmeider/32/6032_2.png) [@SCHMEIDER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SCHMEIDER)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/2 "2006-11-19T09:46:37Z")

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thats pretty cool

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**Author:** ![hayabusa03rx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@hayabusa03rx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hayabusa03rx)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/3 "2006-11-19T09:56:51Z")

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That thing is badass. I’d love to have that or the regular gas guzzling elise.

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**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/4 "2006-11-20T06:47:55Z")

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I like it. That’s a great idea. I wonder why more cars cannot run E85? Some cars can run both gasoline and any mixture of gasoline and ethanol - up to 85%.

[http://www.e85fuel.com/e85101/flexfuelvehicles.php](http://www.e85fuel.com/e85101/flexfuelvehicles.php)

Is it a lot more expensive to get a car with this capability? They say it’s mechanically the same. But, the car has to recognize what percent of ethanol is in the tank and tune itself accordingly.

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**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/5 "2006-11-20T07:22:31Z")

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A fuel octane sensor, special fuel lines & variable tuning so it can run a colder/hotter fuel than normally expected. That’s pretty much it…

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**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/6 "2006-11-20T07:55:13Z")

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all it says is the ecu is pretty much reprogrammed for the different fuel for that car. Sounds awesome…

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**Author:** ![VENOMevo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/venomevo/32/5959_2.png) [@VENOMevo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VENOMevo)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/7 "2006-11-21T07:24:34Z")

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WOW… what a sweet car

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**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bio-ethanol-powered-lotus/186307/8 "2006-11-22T09:15:32Z")

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drift!