600HP on 85 Gas??!!
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600HP on 85 Gas??!! What are we doing wrong???
http://www.thetorquereport.com/2007/...wer_e85_p.html
I guess we're just not filthy rich
http://www.thetorquereport.com/2007/...wer_e85_p.html
I guess we're just not filthy rich
Did everyone miss the 500 CI part????? I would like to know more about that portion....
BTW. 600 FWHP on E-85 isn't that impressive. Especially with 500 CI. That car should idle like a pussycat..
EDIT: Just saw that the block is billett. Must be the Dart piece...
BTW. 600 FWHP on E-85 isn't that impressive. Especially with 500 CI. That car should idle like a pussycat..
EDIT: Just saw that the block is billett. Must be the Dart piece...
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wrong thats 85% alcohol and 15% gasoline. yes it is 103 octane. yes you can get by with a higher comp ratio. price is a little cheaper than gas, but you lose some mpg. yes you need a retune. you need to make sure your fuel system is compatible with e85. you may need larger injectors.
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wrong thats 85% alcohol and 15% gasoline. yes it is 103 octane. yes you can get by with a higher comp ratio. price is a little cheaper than gas, but you lose some mpg. yes you need a retune. you need to make sure your fuel system is compatible with e85. you may need larger injectors.
I have a pcm that's tuned for E85 and nothing else done to the fuel system other then a walbro 255 pump. my car runs like a bat out of hell with E85 but yes I did lose fuel mileage. it was a dollar a gallon cheaper then running 93 in it thou. I broke even maybe alittle ahead when totalled up. The exhaust smells like baking bread when its being run. I personally really like the stuff but others poopoo the idea. One thing beeing said thou its ethonal not methonal.
good to hear that you didn't need bigger injectors. i made sure that it was e85 friendly when i bought parts and built the 408. now i just have to get the car on the road. if e85 shows up here in the north ft worth area alls i would need is a tune from someone who knows what they're doing.
who cares what others think, at least some of the money you spend on e85 goes into an americans pocket and a little less into some prince's. little less pollution too
who cares what others think, at least some of the money you spend on e85 goes into an americans pocket and a little less into some prince's. little less pollution too
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I take it you guys know you have to replace some parts when u run E85.????
It is not compatible with some rubbers and plastics...and will be a problem in not too long......this is what E85 CONVERSION WEBSITE SAYS.
It is not compatible with some rubbers and plastics...and will be a problem in not too long......this is what E85 CONVERSION WEBSITE SAYS. I've had no issues with the fuel system that was E85 related in the 5 months that I ran it. and used alot of e85 driving 130 miles a day everyday. the only issue I had was the fuel pump power wire was soddered together and it broke with the fuel slosh. fixed it with a blade connector and heat shrinked it put it back in and away I went.
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not a queation of what we are doing wrong but rather what are they doing wrong
500cubic inches with standard ulp ought to be making 670-700bhp at that!
besides id rather less cancer than wasting time with a more toxic promoting fuel
maybe if the governments promoted superior methods of poisoning our
enviroment then surely they ought to consider fuel like elf/bfk-07/93mon.
no benzene,no aromatic poisons,no sulphur or benzene
carbon monoxide emmisions nearly halved
the governments have alot of explaining to do,after all how much emmisions does it take for all them crop machinery to grow,havest,manufactor + transport the stuff in order to make it to the bowser?
it would have been far easier to make quality fuel like the bfk-07
and promote this to our bowsers instead.
500cubic inches with standard ulp ought to be making 670-700bhp at that!
besides id rather less cancer than wasting time with a more toxic promoting fuel
maybe if the governments promoted superior methods of poisoning our
enviroment then surely they ought to consider fuel like elf/bfk-07/93mon.
no benzene,no aromatic poisons,no sulphur or benzene
carbon monoxide emmisions nearly halved
the governments have alot of explaining to do,after all how much emmisions does it take for all them crop machinery to grow,havest,manufactor + transport the stuff in order to make it to the bowser?
it would have been far easier to make quality fuel like the bfk-07
and promote this to our bowsers instead.
Last edited by oz304; Oct 31, 2007 at 02:08 AM.
Where are you that regular gas is cheaper than 2.80 a gallon? Cause here in Indy its 2.99 a gal for regular, 3.19 for 93 octane. And to OZ304 what are you talking about? E-85 burns MUCH cleaner than gasoline ever will. As well as to run E-85 in an F-bod I'm pretty sure you will max out the stock injectors duty cycle so you pretty much do need larger injectors, there's is a fellow that did a big write up on how to convert to E-85.
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E85 knowledge I have an 85' t/a that I have a 00' ls1 bone stock/ modded 4l60.
Is E85 as simple as a tune edit, and how far could i go as far as tuning for performance versus mileage engarde: . the fuel system is new. the strainer:sender walbro pump. what would i need to modify?
Is E85 as simple as a tune edit, and how far could i go as far as tuning for performance versus mileage engarde: . the fuel system is new. the strainer:sender walbro pump. what would i need to modify?