600HP on 85 Gas??!!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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![Icon Confused](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/icon_confused.gif)
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![MAD](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_mad.gif)
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![Nod](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_nod.gif)
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.
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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
![MAD](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_mad.gif)
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
![Nod](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_nod.gif)
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.
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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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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?