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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 07:21 AM
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I have stock lq4, turbo cam, and bws475. Considering using e85. Fuel injector calculator say that 850 flywheel hp need 80lb injectors, which is at 90%. 80's are a lot less than 96's. Don't think I will exceed 850 hp(crankshaft) with stock bottom end. Anyone with any experience with this?
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 08:20 AM
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I ran 95lbers comfortably and made 735whp on e85. I want to say I was at 90-95% dc
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They will work with a decent base pressure
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 01:49 PM
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With enough fuel pump and 80s, they'll handle 850 to the wheels. 65 PSI base Will get you to your goal without taking IDC over 90%.
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 02:29 PM
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Check out Deatschwerks injectors. They come with all GM data for tuning and are a high quality injector that is very competitively priced. I run there 90lb LS3 injector on E85 with great success!
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Originally Posted by JoeNova
With enough fuel pump and 80s, they'll handle 850 to the wheels. 65 PSI base Will get you to your goal without taking IDC over 90%.
I have a Holley dominator pump, no problem there. Does running fuel psi above 60 psi cause any problems?
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by fxbdydriver
I have a Holley dominator pump, no problem there. Does running fuel psi above 60 psi cause any problems?

Not at all, as long as your pump flows enough for your power demand at the higher pressures.
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 04:01 PM
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yeah the holley 12-1800 will only do up to about 1100-1200 on E85

It'll be plenty at 50-60 base at only 850hp though
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Interesting
I'm running ID1000's at 56 base. Approx 110lb/hr at this pressure.
IDC is right at 102% per the HPT data logs.
I am running rich at 11.1:1 AFR.
Boost is 15 psi.
Holley 1800 pump and reg.

3400lb car at 145+ mph, whatever that works out for hp.

I am not so sure the holley pump is up to the task of 1100 hp on E85 unless larger injectors are used. Much less 80 pounders.

I did test the pump and reg for pressure vs boost thru 82 psi. The system maintained 1:1 rise.
No clue on flow at that pump pressure.

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He is assuming low base
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Your E50 solution solves the pump injector issue nicely I bet.
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I could purchase a set of 80#ers or found a set of 95#ers Delphi's which are low impedence. (similar prices). Planning on wiring up a microsquirt harness, so, could I just use resistors and go with the 95#ers? Only knowledge I have of these resistors is from the megamanual. Has anyone used these with success?
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Yes cutting the E blend down cuts back the bsfc a notable amount for sure. While still giving the benefits of the E.
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Originally Posted by rotary1307cc
Yes cutting the E blend down cuts back the bsfc a notable amount for sure. While still giving the benefits of the E.
I've been thinking about running E50 with my 80# injectors.
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Originally Posted by RonSSNova
Interesting
I'm running ID1000's at 56 base. Approx 110lb/hr at this pressure.
IDC is right at 102% per the HPT data logs.
I am running rich at 11.1:1 AFR.
Boost is 15 psi.
Holley 1800 pump and reg.

3400lb car at 145+ mph, whatever that works out for hp.

I am not so sure the holley pump is up to the task of 1100 hp on E85 unless larger injectors are used. Much less 80 pounders.

I did test the pump and reg for pressure vs boost thru 82 psi. The system maintained 1:1 rise.
No clue on flow at that pump pressure.

Ron
Hmm. Thats a lot of pump, pressure, and injector to be pushing that duty cycle. Then again, you're running fairly rich for E85 at 11:1. Thats like running cool-burning 105 octane race gas at 11:1, when most lean it out to 12:1-12.5:1.
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If you don't spend the money on larger injectors, you'll have to spend the money on more fuel pump. You have to add boost pressure to your base pressure. To take 80's to 850+ on E85 you'll need 90ish psi of total fuel pressure. From what I've seen the Holley 1800 won't even operate at those pressures.

3 inline 255HP walbros or 2 intank 450 walbros would be the cheapest options.
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Me and a buddy of mine were talking about this today because I am REALLY out of injector (Well, and pump too) on my car, but honestly cannot afford to throw someone $1000 for a premium set of injectors. Right now I am on twin 255's, e85, and 80# siemens, 56psi base pressure with 1:1 rise. My car is pushing an ungodly amount of IDC (130%), and obviously leaning out past that point. I know I am at the end of my pumps too, however, with monitoring fuel pressure during WOT, the pressure does not drop off yet.

Long story short though, I am looking to do Walbro 450's and crank up the base pressure until I am back in the low to mid 90's IDC. I wonder what the mechanical "limit" of the 80# injectors are pressure wise before they start have problems operating. Anyone know which member it was that cranked up his base pressure and was at 850whp on e85 and 80# injectors?
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Originally Posted by 93camaro_zzz
Me and a buddy of mine were talking about this today because I am REALLY out of injector (Well, and pump too) on my car, but honestly cannot afford to throw someone $1000 for a premium set of injectors. Right now I am on twin 255's, e85, and 80# siemens, 56psi base pressure with 1:1 rise. My car is pushing an ungodly amount of IDC (130%), and obviously leaning out past that point. I know I am at the end of my pumps too, however, with monitoring fuel pressure during WOT, the pressure does not drop off yet.

Long story short though, I am looking to do Walbro 450's and crank up the base pressure until I am back in the low to mid 90's IDC. I wonder what the mechanical "limit" of the 80# injectors are pressure wise before they start have problems operating. Anyone know which member it was that cranked up his base pressure and was at 850whp on e85 and 80# injectors?
Keep it under 100 psi and you'll be ok. If your 255's are the high pressure units it would be cheapest to get another 255. Skinnies pushed his 80's to 850+ with 3 intank 255HP walbros.
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Originally Posted by Forcefed86
Keep it under 100 psi and you'll be ok. If your 255's are the high pressure units it would be cheapest to get another 255. Skinnies pushed his 80's to 850+ with 3 intank 255HP walbros.
That's a great point. I might consider doing the 3 pumps then as mine are the high pressure versions. I would like to be able to see more than 13psi boost out of my car. lol
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