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E85 is a highly oxygenated fuel consisting of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.  Many motorsports enthusiasts overlook E85 for performance applications because they associate it with low performance, flex-fuel vehicles.  This primary usage of E85 does not take advantage of any of its potential performance advantages.  Key benefits of E85 wasted on flex-fuel cars are: high oxygen content, evaporative cooling, higher octane and lower exhaust gas temperatures (EGTs).  All of these can be exploited when looking at building a boosted car.  Properly executed, the result should be more horsepower per dollar with improved street-ability. Forced induction or boost are terms...