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E85 Viper goes 189mph; see video in link

Karl Jacob took his E85-fueled, 1,100-horsepower to the Mojave Friday and came away with one world record in the standing mile. With car builder Ron Misjak Jr. behind the wheel, the Viper hit 189 mph to set an E85 mark but missed the gasoline-powered street car record of over 217 mph. According to the team's website, an intercooler problem canceled any further runs. A video is available at the LA Times website. We've also run many stories on this project, and it looks as if Jacob has plans to continue his record quest. Related: Biofuel ... Read more →

Expanded coverage of very high ethanol-induced performance Jeremy Korzeniewski

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Have_any_questions_on_the_power_potential_of_E85_ethanol_Not_anymore'; Today marks the start of our "expanded coverage" of our recent trip to SVS Power in ...

Any interest in a 1000 horsepower E85 turbocharged Viper? I thought so Jeremy Korzeniewski

Well, you'd better be interested! The owner of the 1000 hp E85-capable Viper is Karl Jacob, who says, "The E85 Viper project sets out to prove that we don't have to give up high performance cars in ...

E85 Viper goes 189mph; see video in link 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Karl Jacob took his E85-fueled, 1,100-horsepower to the Mojave Friday and came away with one world record in the standing mile. With car builder Ron Misjak Jr. behind the wheel, the Viper hit 189 mph to set an E85 mark but missed the gasoline-powered street car record of over 217 mph. According to ...

Expanded coverage of very high ethanol-induced performance 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Have_any_questions_on_the_power_potential_of_E85_ethanol_Not_anymore'; Today marks the start of our "expanded coverage" of our recent trip to SVS Power in Chicago. We were turned onto the shop by Karl Jacob, the owner of the E85 Viper that we covered not too ...

Any interest in a 1000 horsepower E85 turbocharged Viper? I thought so 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Well, you'd better be interested! The owner of the 1000 hp E85-capable Viper is Karl Jacob, who says, "The E85 Viper project sets out to prove that we don't have to give up high performance cars in order to save the environment. In fact, we discovered during this project renewable fuel performs ...


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