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    burning alcohol is an easier conversion in older, carburated engines....
    I'd be real iffy about E85 in the Isuzu. It requires changing seals and lines and a bunch of crap. It can be done
    LP gas conversions were real popular back when too. LP is clean, cheap, American, cheap, and plentiful. I've just never seen it done on anything newer than a MGB.
    Brits even ran on a type of Bar-B-Q fumes during the war. Saw one of those at Amelia Island a few years back
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chopper View Post
    burning alcohol is an easier conversion in older, carburated engines....
    I'd be real iffy about E85 in the Isuzu.
    No way I've got great knowledge of this forum yet, but I do try my share of searches on a given topic. FWIW, I have done one on tuning the Vehicross and I haven't found threads where it looks like people have successfully accomplished it.

    Until that happens (or unless I missed it), Chopper's statement may have some truth in the VX community. Beyond that, many people have done their own programming for an E85 conversion...especially in the FORD/GM circles. That's because E85 makes more power (and uses more fuel).

    I'll be interested in this project for the success/failure of the ECU programming....hoping that OEM unit is successfully reprogrammed vs getting replaced.
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