E85 & n2o
03-29-2012, 05:48 PM
#21
i don't think d-money has 
I made 480rwhp on gas... switched over to E85 and was out of fuel pump (walbro 255) by like 4500 rpm. need dual walbros to run a wet kit off the fuel rail, or make a standalone from the washer fluid tank with a carb fuel pump and regulator. need a 36-42# injector. divide actual injector size by 1.28 for your fuel injector coeff in the tune and your previous gas tune will let you drive it around. shoot for 11.8-12.2 a/f (indicated) at WOT to start, so you'll need to do some work on your gas tune in the 80-100kpa area.
I haven't had a problem with oil contamination. Oh close up your plug gap... I'd recommend .035" max on motor and .025" on the spray, tighter probably wouldn't hurt. Use an NGK BR7EF plug on spray, extended tip plugs are terrible for E85. I have my -9 and -10 plugs at .018" and -7 plugs at .022 for driving around town. Guys with 11:1 N/A BBCs are running .018" gaps with MSD 10 setups.
I made 480rwhp on gas... switched over to E85 and was out of fuel pump (walbro 255) by like 4500 rpm. need dual walbros to run a wet kit off the fuel rail, or make a standalone from the washer fluid tank with a carb fuel pump and regulator. need a 36-42# injector. divide actual injector size by 1.28 for your fuel injector coeff in the tune and your previous gas tune will let you drive it around. shoot for 11.8-12.2 a/f (indicated) at WOT to start, so you'll need to do some work on your gas tune in the 80-100kpa area.
I haven't had a problem with oil contamination. Oh close up your plug gap... I'd recommend .035" max on motor and .025" on the spray, tighter probably wouldn't hurt. Use an NGK BR7EF plug on spray, extended tip plugs are terrible for E85. I have my -9 and -10 plugs at .018" and -7 plugs at .022 for driving around town. Guys with 11:1 N/A BBCs are running .018" gaps with MSD 10 setups.
03-29-2012, 07:43 PM
#23
I was at TX2K12 with a corn fed poopra that puts on 45 MPH on the top half of the track, on an average pass. It was a friend of mines car. It wouldn't idle with less than .015" gap but it would blow spark out in 3rd gear with .018". Best pass was a 10.8 shutting off just after the 1/8 after a poor launch. It caught rodknock after 6 passes. Oil was full of corn from blowing out spark and not getting the oil hot (just making a pass and shutting it off for an hour or two). Oil was changed before the first pass and motor was healthy then. Car would have went low 9s easy on C16. Probably 8s if it had a chance to spray all the way down on a clean pass. Corn sucks. I say gasoline or go methanol and know what you are in for.
03-29-2012, 08:17 PM
#24
You always bring up someone else's car. I think this is the car you eluded to tuning in another thread.
Maybe he just needs a new tuner.
Since we're talking about other peoples cars, a friends LS nova goes 8.20s at 170+ and doesn't wash down the oil or have any of the problems you mentioned for that matter. All on E85 and over a mile high altitude.
Like I said, maybe he needs a new tuner.
Maybe he just needs a new tuner.
Since we're talking about other peoples cars, a friends LS nova goes 8.20s at 170+ and doesn't wash down the oil or have any of the problems you mentioned for that matter. All on E85 and over a mile high altitude.
Like I said, maybe he needs a new tuner.
03-29-2012, 08:24 PM
#25
I was at TX2K12 with a corn fed poopra that puts on 45 MPH on the top half of the track, on an average pass. It was a friend of mines car. It wouldn't idle with less than .015" gap but it would blow spark out in 3rd gear with .018". Best pass was a 10.8 shutting off just after the 1/8 after a poor launch. It caught rodknock after 6 passes. Oil was full of corn from blowing out spark and not getting the oil hot (just making a pass and shutting it off for an hour or two). Oil was changed before the first pass and motor was healthy then. Car would have went low 9s easy on C16. Probably 8s if it had a chance to spray all the way down on a clean pass. Corn sucks. I say gasoline or go methanol and know what you are in for.
I sure hope you dont let his tuner touch your new setup. Sounds like it may end up a paper weight.
03-29-2012, 08:36 PM
#26
Are you serious? Talking about other peoples cars i know of a few mustangs that run 8s and are street driven with ten thousand miles plus on them spraying the guts out of them. If there is that much corn in the coil he had a mechanical issue with a stuck injector or the tune was extremely off. My car has been on E85 for almost 12,000 miles I run nitrous outlets kit and have been 6.60s in the 1.8th jetted for a 100 shot. mine still runs great.
I sure hope you dont let his tuner touch your new setup. Sounds like it may end up a paper weight.
I sure hope you dont let his tuner touch your new setup. Sounds like it may end up a paper weight.
03-29-2012, 08:38 PM
#27
You always bring up someone else's car. I think this is the car you eluded to tuning in another thread.
Maybe he just needs a new tuner.
Since we're talking about other peoples cars, a friends LS nova goes 8.20s at 170+ and doesn't wash down the oil or have any of the problems you mentioned for that matter. All on E85 and over a mile high altitude.
Like I said, maybe he needs a new tuner.
Maybe he just needs a new tuner.
Since we're talking about other peoples cars, a friends LS nova goes 8.20s at 170+ and doesn't wash down the oil or have any of the problems you mentioned for that matter. All on E85 and over a mile high altitude.
Like I said, maybe he needs a new tuner.
Edit- Obviously, I am drunk and stirring the **** again so, don't take me to seriously. Just saying...
Last edited by 05HD; 03-29-2012 at 08:43 PM. Reason: being real
