Any ability with these cars to run flex fuel?
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well 2 things on this. First, e85 from the pump is not always e85. I've seen stuff out of the pump as low as e55. Having the sensor ensures you are not over running what the fuel actually is.
second a true flex fuel.setup gives you the ability to go anywhere and not worry about fuel. Many places don't have e85. No need to load up a new tune to switch to pump gas.
also stand alone like proefi still have 5 position boost settings. Never want to run max boost unless you know you have good high ethanol content e85 in the tank. The sensor will tell you the ethanol content so you know how much boost you can safely run.
second a true flex fuel.setup gives you the ability to go anywhere and not worry about fuel. Many places don't have e85. No need to load up a new tune to switch to pump gas.
also stand alone like proefi still have 5 position boost settings. Never want to run max boost unless you know you have good high ethanol content e85 in the tank. The sensor will tell you the ethanol content so you know how much boost you can safely run.
Now using e85 all the time you have to run your car a lot and use e85 stabilizer.
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I checked my fuel to see how much ethanol is in there a few times at BP gas station and the range was from 68 to 69.2 but yeah you never know but I have filled up over 300 times and no issues so far. BP is well known for there E85 to be close to e70.
Now using e85 all the time you have to run your car a lot and use e85 stabilizer.
Now using e85 all the time you have to run your car a lot and use e85 stabilizer.
there are guys like me though that drive there cars 300+ miles from home on a regular basis. The flexibility to not have to worry is a big plus.
hell is 100 miles for me to the nearest town with more than 20k people. I drive 200 miles one way just to go to car meets.
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Who cares about 1000 hp? Lol. I run 93 and am totally happy with how this car is. I'm potentially moving to Arizona and all they have is 91, and 85 and 100 sporadically around. Many cars I know of have the capability of running an ethanol detecting system. From what I gather, I need a different ecu, and injectors. When does a stock fuel pump Peter out?
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You can't run e85 on a stock pump and on pump gas you will run out around 550whp.
I said above your looking at 6 to 8k dollars to run e85.
SRM stage 2 dual pumps
Change all fuel lines to -8an
FPR adjustable or Hobbs switch
Fuel rails
Big injectors
And lots of labor
E85 tune or you need a proefi and if you get one of those your looking at a lot of money because not only is the system expensive but the labor to install it just sucks.
I said above your looking at 6 to 8k dollars to run e85.
SRM stage 2 dual pumps
Change all fuel lines to -8an
FPR adjustable or Hobbs switch
Fuel rails
Big injectors
And lots of labor
E85 tune or you need a proefi and if you get one of those your looking at a lot of money because not only is the system expensive but the labor to install it just sucks.
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well 2 things on this. First, e85 from the pump is not always e85. I've seen stuff out of the pump as low as e55. Having the sensor ensures you are not over running what the fuel actually is.
second a true flex fuel.setup gives you the ability to go anywhere and not worry about fuel. Many places don't have e85. No need to load up a new tune to switch to pump gas.
also stand alone like proefi still have 5 position boost settings. Never want to run max boost unless you know you have good high ethanol content e85 in the tank. The sensor will tell you the ethanol content so you know how much boost you can safely run.
second a true flex fuel.setup gives you the ability to go anywhere and not worry about fuel. Many places don't have e85. No need to load up a new tune to switch to pump gas.
also stand alone like proefi still have 5 position boost settings. Never want to run max boost unless you know you have good high ethanol content e85 in the tank. The sensor will tell you the ethanol content so you know how much boost you can safely run.
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These failsafes are great. Saved me from killing an engine when my injector seals swelled from running c85.
they also log boost vs afr which is nice.
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even better setup - https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01H5...ID=71EQ9gahpxL
These failsafes are great. Saved me from killing an engine when my injector seals swelled from running c85.
they also log boost vs afr which is nice.
These failsafes are great. Saved me from killing an engine when my injector seals swelled from running c85.
they also log boost vs afr which is nice.
C85?
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C85 is VP racings version of e85. Do not run it with protos 1600cc injectors - as it has mtbe that causes the seals to swell. You loose about 30% of the flow.
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i run mine down in the center cosole, now that I have a motec display. I use to run it behind the wheel. I'll get some photos.
C85 is VP racings version of e85. Do not run it with protos 1600cc injectors - as it has mtbe that causes the seals to swell. You loose about 30% of the flow.
C85 is VP racings version of e85. Do not run it with protos 1600cc injectors - as it has mtbe that causes the seals to swell. You loose about 30% of the flow.
So VP e85 is different then gas station E85?
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here is my old setup
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Looks great I like the red tach stuff. Where did u get the gauge pod?