Submission + - E85-Sipping Muscle Car to enter Automotive X-prize (mustangevolution.com)
GameboyRMH writes: 48 year old electronics engineer and master mechanic Doug Pelmear claims his modified '87 Mustang gets 80MPG running on E85 and can produce up to 400HP and 500ft-lbs of torque, with an engine running about 38% efficiency. He says the modifications to the car are mostly electrical, and that he could increase efficiency further by sacrificing power or running on regular gasoline. He plans to enter it in the Mainstream category of the Automotive X-prize, but these numbers seem to push the laws of physics. Could this be a tire-smoking fuel sipper or just smoke and mirrors?