E85 vs 100+ octane.
E85 vs 100+ octane. Ok so I am running a 408 with a BW S480, I know a little small for the motor, that makes about 850ish on 16 pounds. I am going to turn the boost up soon to try and squeeze around 1000 out of the turbo and my tuner wants me to run some higher octane to do that.
After looking around at race gas prices vs E85 prices it seems like it would be WAY cheaper to run E85 and I have a station within 30 minutes from me.
In this situation would you guys run E85 or stick with some higher octane fuel plus meth?
After looking around at race gas prices vs E85 prices it seems like it would be WAY cheaper to run E85 and I have a station within 30 minutes from me.
In this situation would you guys run E85 or stick with some higher octane fuel plus meth?
It does to me as well I am just making sure there aren't any underlying issues before I talk with my tuner about it because I don't know anything about E85 and I was planning on keeping the meth on it as well.
Issue with E85 is you basically need 50% more fuel system to run it. Weigh the cost of larger lines/injectors/pump(s)/labor/tuning VS running higher octane fuel once and a while. By the time you upgrade the fuel system you'll easily have a few thousand into it. That's alot of race gas.
I'm a fan of E85 myself and run it on all my toy cars... but I have several stations in my town.
I'm a fan of E85 myself and run it on all my toy cars... but I have several stations in my town.
Issue with E85 is you basically need 50% more fuel system to run it. Weigh the cost of larger lines/injectors/pump(s)/labor/tuning VS running higher octane fuel once and a while. By the time you upgrade the fuel system you'll easily have a few thousand into it. That's alot of race gas.
I'm a fan of E85 myself and run it on all my toy cars... but I have several stations in my town.
I'm a fan of E85 myself and run it on all my toy cars... but I have several stations in my town.
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These guys have several dyno tests and videos of different fuels
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTuningSchool/videos
For them, E85 definitely seems to be a winner....but they do also mention in their videos that a E50...ie 50/50 mix seems to produce as much power as mixes with a higher ethanol content, so there isnt really much point in running as high as 85 ? ( although depends what you get at the pump anyway I suppose )
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTuningSchool/videos
For them, E85 definitely seems to be a winner....but they do also mention in their videos that a E50...ie 50/50 mix seems to produce as much power as mixes with a higher ethanol content, so there isnt really much point in running as high as 85 ? ( although depends what you get at the pump anyway I suppose )
Talked to my shop and we are going with dual 450 pumps and ID1700s on E85. Shooting for 1000 -1100 at the wheels. Shop is pretty confident it will do at least 1000.
Naw I like the ID’s. Had some FIC’s before.
It for sure will. Mine makes 932 with plenty of room to go.
It for sure will. Mine makes 932 with plenty of room to go.
